- Date
- May 15, 1976
- Place
- Clackamas, OR · CLACKAMAS, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61263Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760515015289A
- Case key
- 153634
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2408 76/5/15 CLACKAMAS,OR CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 141 TIME - 1600 N61263 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 121 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OREGON CITY,OR VANCOUVER,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT REPRTD ENG FAILED. INV SHOW NO REASON FOR A FAILURE. INTENTIONAL GRND LOOP TO AVOID DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61263
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N61263Registration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Cessna 150JAirframe modelCessna 150JEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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