# Accident 19930731027299A: Cessna A150M, Galveston, TX, July 31, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1993, 11:00 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2658° N, 94.8770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2658&lon=-94.8770&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8161V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8161V-2011-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150M (registry code 2071831, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,802 total, 54 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN93LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930731027299A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER AND IDLED. STRUK POWERLINE RETURNING.  THROTTLE LINKAGE DISCONNECTED AT CARBURETOR. NUT MISSING.

## 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 DEN93LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA092), Jul 31, 1993: Cessna A150M (N8161V), Galveston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE DISCONNECTION OF THE THROTTLE LINKAGE AND THE RESULTANT POWER LOSS. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE FORCED LANDING.

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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