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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150 · Humble, TX · August 16, 1983

Date
August 16, 1983 · 13:40 local
Place
Humble, TX
Airport
Williams
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3051S
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW83LA379
Reported as
Cessna 150
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,220 total180 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit while approaching airport. Landed short in mud and flipped over. Mud daubers had blocked fuel vents.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT WHILE APPROACHING AIRPORT. LANDED SHORT IN MUD AND FLIPPED OVER. MUD DAUBERS HAD BLOCKED FUEL VENTS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.