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Cessna 150 N8697S

7 August 1988 · Coy, Arkansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 7 August 1988 at about 15:20 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N8697S, operated by JAY A. Priest, was involved in an accident near Coy, Arkansas, 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 15:20
Classification
Accident
Location
Coy, Arkansas, United States
Coordinates
34.5401, -91.8699
Aircraft
Cessna 150
Registration
N8697S
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
JAY A. Priest
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MKC88LA152

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

WHILE PRACTICING FOR HIS PVT PLT CHECK RIDE, THE STUDENT PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRSTRIP TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LDGS. HE LOST ALL POWER ON FINAL APPROACH, AND DUE TO AIRCRAFT ON THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY, HE ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LDG ON AN ADJACENT SOY BEAN FIELD. THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING THE LDG ATTEMPT AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND ENGINE RUN-UP FAILED TO REVEAL CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF CARBURETOR ICING ACCORDING TO THE 'ICING PROBABILTY CHARTS'.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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