# Accident 19920712025059A: Cessna STC150, Palmer, AK, July 12, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1992, 18:30 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.6200° N, 148.9792° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.6200&lon=-148.9792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61272, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61272-2005-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC150
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 153 total, 134 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC92LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920712025059A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED MAKING LOW PASSES AND STEEP TURNS OVER PRIVATE STRIP. CRASHED INTO TREES. FOUND WATER IN FUEL.

## 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 ANC92LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA103), Jul 13, 1992: Cessna 150 (N61272), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT STALLING OF THE AIRPLANE AND AN INADEQUATE ALTITUDE IN WHICH HE COULD RECOVER. FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE WATER IN THE FUEL.

## Other reports on N61272 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940822022629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940822022629A), Aug 22, 1994: Cessna 150J (N61272), Kahiltna Glacie, AK, Substantial damage. Nose wheel hit soft spot during gravel bar takeoff. Nose gear collapsed. Nosed into gravel.
- [Accident 19900329006479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900329006479A), Mar 29, 1990: Cessna 150J (N61272), Birchwood, AK, Substantial damage. Struck airport boundary fence on final for touch and go. Impacted short. Reported lost power.
- [Accident 19750515010319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750515010319A), May 15, 1975: Cessna 150J (N61272), Juneau, AK, Substantial damage. Rough eng result of oil drain plug coming out. Annual insp comp day bfor. Lnd on beach.

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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