- Date
- June 2, 1973
- Place
- Morgan Hill, CA · MORGAN HILL, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8345GCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730602014709A
- Case key
- 190615
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1128 73/6/2 MORGAN HILL,CALIF CESSNA 150F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 134 TIME - 1500 N8345G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONE PINE,CALIF SAN JOSE,CALIF 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 - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND IN HILLY TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8345G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8345GRegistration cancelled Jul 24, 2012 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8345G · 1
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