19890520032349I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150F · Midland, TX · May 20, 1989

Date
May 20, 1989 · 14:35 local
Place
Midland, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6579F
Reported as
Cessna 150F
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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 lost power. Landed on dirt road. Veered off road and hit tree. Fuel control carburetor linkage was loose.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER. LANDED ON DIRT ROAD. VEERED OFF ROAD AND HIT TREE. FUEL CONTROL CARBURETOR LINKAGE WAS LOOSE.