# Accident 19960414007089A: Cessna 150J, Wasilla, AK, April 14, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1996, 15:10 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: E9DC
- Location: 61.5785° N, 149.4763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasilla, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5785&lon=-149.4763&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50529, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50529-2013-11-08) (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 150J
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 350 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC96LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960414007089A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT MANEUVERS. ENGINE FAILED RESPOND. PROP STOPPED. LANDED IN TREES. STUCK VALVE APPEARES PROBLEM.

## 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 ANC96LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC96LA047), Apr 14, 1996: Cessna 150J (N50529), Wasilla, AK, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for an undetermined reason.

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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