- Date
- January 8, 1971
- Place
- No.Las Vegas, NV · NO.LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5956GCessna 150K
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159954
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0440 71/1/8 NO.LAS VEGAS,NEV CESSNA 150K CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 10 TOTAL TIME - 1424 N5956G PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NO.LAS VEGAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NO.LAS VEGAS,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACCIDENTLY PULLED MIXTURE CONTROL OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5956G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- No.Las Vegas
N5956GRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2013 · Cessna 150KAirframe modelCessna 150KEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Other investigations on N5956G · 1
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