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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150L · Sacramento, CA · March 31, 1996

Date
March 31, 1996 · 15:54 local
Place
Sacramento, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5266Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX96LA151
Reported as
Cessna 150L
Reported engine
Continental O200A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
36 total35 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.

Lost power. Landed soft mud. Nosed over. Fuel tanks empty but odor fuel in area. Carb icing conditions existed.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER. LANDED SOFT MUD. NOSED OVER. FUEL TANKS EMPTY BUT ODOR FUEL IN AREA. CARB ICING CONDITIONS EXISTED.

NTSB investigation

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