19870124001059A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150 · Troy, MI · January 24, 1987

Date
January 24, 1987 · 17:00 local
Place
Troy, MI
Airport
Troy Oakland
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5634E
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI87DEC01
Reported as
Cessna 150
Reported engine
Continental O200A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
512 total223 in this make and model11 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 engine failed from fuel starvation on takeoff. Fuel drain line was plugged with ice below the fuel value.

As the FAA filed it

THE ENGINE FAILED FROM FUEL STARVATION ON TAKEOFF. FUEL DRAIN LINE WAS PLUGGED WITH ICE BELOW THE FUEL VALUE.

NTSB investigation

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