- Date
- May 14, 1972
- Place
- Tonopah, NV · TONOPAH, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6931SCessna 150H
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1651 72/5/14 NR.TONOPAH,NEV CESSNA 150H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 127 TIME - 0747 N6931S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MOUNTAIN HOME,ID EL MONTE,CALIF TONOPAH,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FAULTY NAVIGATION.RAN OUT OF FUEL.HIT ROCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6931S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6931SRegistration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Cessna 150HAirframe modelCessna 150HEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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