# Accident 19970619018459A: Cessna 150K, Detroit, MI, June 19, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1997, 08:20 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2404° N, 83.6202° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2404&lon=-83.6202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5738G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5738G-2023-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 211 total, 60 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970619018459A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH AT REDUCED POWER WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. HE 'BEGAN TO ADD POWER, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. I  BEGAN AN ENGINE RESTART AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT AND I SAW THAT I WOULD BE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  THE  RESTART WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.'  THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A PARKING LOT NEAR THE AIRPORT. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRPLANE 'HIT A RUT WHICH THREW THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK  TWO  SIGNS.'  THE AIRPLANE THEN ROLLED TO A STOP. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE CARBURETOR HEAT KNOB WAS IN THE 'OFF' POSITION. NO OTHER ANOMALIES WERE FOUND. THE TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT WERE 62 AND 54 DEGREES, RESPECTIVELY. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE FOR CARBURETOR ICING.                                          (-23) ENGINE QUIT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO Y1P RUNWAY 9L.  PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT IN GM PARKING LOT. AIRCRAFT HIT 2 TRAFFIC SIGNS DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT DAMAGING THE LEFT WING.  PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 CHI97LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA172), Jun 19, 1997: Cessna 150K (N5738G), Ypsilanti, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to use carburetor heat, which resulted in carburetor ice, loss of engine power, and a forced landing. Factors relating to this accident were: the icing (weather) condition and…

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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