# Accident 19960707016409A: Cessna STC150, Chino, CA, July 7, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1996, 14:41 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0006° N, 117.6808° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0006&lon=-117.6808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50814, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50814-2010-04-01) (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 O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 3 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX96LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960707016409A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT DOWNWIND FOR LANDING. DROPPED BANNER. LANDED SHORT. NOSED OVER. SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK INSTEAD OF BOTH.

## 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 LAX96LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96LA266), Jul 7, 1996: Cessna 150J (N50814), Chino, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation due to the pilot's failure to monitor and correctly configure the fuel system for landing prior to entering the traffic pattern, and the pilot's premature lowering of full flaps which…

## Other reports on N50814 (5)

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

- [Accident 20061231027819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061231027819A), Dec 31, 2006: Cessna 150J (N50814), El Cajon, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On 12/31/06, at 1100 PST N50814, a Cessna 150 aircraft was conducting banner tow operation at Gillespie field (ksee), El Cajon CA. The aircraft attempted…
- [Incident 20050710015679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050710015679I), Jul 10, 2005: Cessna 150J (N50814), Anaheim Hills, CA. (-23) At approx 2300 MSL aircraft experienced an immediate engine failure and landed on 241 tollway connector to 91 eastbound freeway, near Anaheim Hills, CA.…
- [Incident 20021026030919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021026030919I), Oct 26, 2002: Cessna 150J (N50814), Anaheim, CA. (-23) On October 26, 2002, a Cessna 150-J, N50814, banner tow aircraft developed engine problems and landed on kraemer blvd, a street near edison field stadium…
- [Accident 19760821024869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760821024869A), Aug 21, 1976: Cessna 150J (N50814), El Monte, CA, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19730501010962A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730501010962A), May 1, 1973: Cessna 150J (N50814), Pacoima, CA, Substantial damage. C-150 in ldg flare. UNICOM not monitored at time of accdt. Both plts called entering pattern.

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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