ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 383308
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Date: | Friday 17 September 1982 |
Time: | 12:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 150 |
Owner/operator: | Fort Huachuca Aviation Club |
Registration: | N45540 |
MSN: | 15076965 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1740 hours |
Engine model: | Continental O-200 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Carrizo, AZ -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Silver City, MN (KSVC) |
Destination airport: | Globe, AZ (P13) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS "LONG" CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. HE REPORTED THAT THE FIRST LEG OF THE FLIGHT WAS FROM LIBBY AIR FIELD, AZ TO SILVER CITY, NM WITH AN EN ROUTE TIME OF ABOUT 1.3 HRS. ON THE NEXT LEG OF THE FLIGHT TO GLOBE, AZ, HE BECAME DISORIENTED AND COULD NOT PIN-POINT HIS LOCATION ON HIS MAP. HE CONTACTED THE PHOENIX FSS AND CLIMBED TO 9000 FT WHILE REMAINING ON A HEADING OF 290 DEG. SUBSEEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING SHORT OF A DIRT STRIP NEAR CARRIZO, AZ AFTER FLYING ABOUT 2 HRS. REPORTEDLY, THE STRIP WAS OVERGROWN WITH BRUSH AND HAD TREES NEARBY. CARRIZO IS LOCATED ABOUT 38 NM NORTH OF THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. THE PILOT DID NOT REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE STARTING THE SECOND LEG OF THE FLIGHT.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX82DUJ47 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX82DUJ47
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Apr-2024 23:15 |
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