# Accident 19870116040739A: Cessna 150L, Naranjito, Puerto Rico, January 16, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1987, 11:45 local time
- Place: Naranjito, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Naranjito
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3028° N, 66.2496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Naranjito, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3028&lon=-66.2496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10103 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 178 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA87FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870116040739A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE ENGINE FAILED DUE TO WATER CONTAMINATION. AIRCRAFT SPUN INTO GROUND. AIRSPEED INDICATOR FAULTY. BUZZING AIRPORT

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA87FA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA074), Jan 16, 1987: Cessna 150L (N10103), Naranjito, PR, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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