Aviation accident WPR21LA012

Name: aviation accident: CESSNA 150 near Bishop (2020-10-11)
Start: 2020-10-11
Location: Bishop, CA, USA

MINR · CESSNA 150 · 2020-10-11 · Bishop, CA, USA

Event

NTSB number: WPR21LA012
Event ID: 20201012102128
Type: Accident
Date: 2020-10-11
Location: Bishop, CA, USA
Coordinates: 37.3409, -118.3571

Injuries

Highest injury: MINR
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 1
Uninjured: 0
Total aboard: 1

Aircraft

Make: CESSNA
Model: 150
Registration: N22963
FAR Part: 091
Engines: 1
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

A loss of engine power due to the pilot’s inadvertent closure of the mixture control which starved the engine of fuel and resulted in a hard landing and collision with terrain.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown