19860629028279A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150E · Hammondsport, NY · June 29, 1986

Date
June 29, 1986 · 12:10 local
Place
Hammondsport, NY
Airport
Taylor Van Gelder
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4067U
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC86LA165
Reported as
Cessna 150E
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
144 total144 in this make and model4 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.

The pilot attempted to actuate carburetor heat but inadvertently pulled mixture control to cutoff position on final

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ACTUATE CARBURETOR HEAT BUT INADVERTENTLY PULLED MIXTURE CONTROL TO CUTOFF POSITION ON FINAL

NTSB investigation

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