Cessna 150L N17171
30 November 1984 · Furnace Creek, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 November 1984 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N17171 was involved in an accident near Furnace Creek, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Furnace Creek, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Ceath Valley (LO6)
- Coordinates
- 36.6009, -116.8290
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150L
- Registration
- N17171
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Furnace Creek → Pahrump
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX85FVW01
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PLT STATED THE ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH DURING CRUISE FLT. PLT APPLIED CARB HEAT AND 'ADJUSTED THE MIXTURE' BUT ENG CONTINUED RUNNING ROUGH AND SUBSEQUENTLY QUIT. THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED A ROAD SIGN DURING THE FORCED LANDING ON A ROAD. THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEARS COLLAPSED. INSPECTION OF THE ENG FAILED TO DISCLOSE ANY MECHANICAL FAILURE/MALFUNCTION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 24 Apr 1984 | Cessna 150M | Boulder, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jan 1984 | Cessna 401A | San Francisco, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Aug 1984 | Eipper QUICKSILVER MX | Thousand Oaks, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 1984 | Hughes 500C (369HS) | San Diego, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 1984 | Cessna 180J | Hayward, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 1984 | Piper PA-31T | Concord, California, United States | - | Fatal | 6 |
| 5 Feb 1984 | Cessna 150M | Fremont, California, United States | Fremont Flying Service | No injuries | - |