# Accident 19991214047219A: Cessna 150B, Omaha, NE, December 14, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1999, 09:10 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2586° N, 95.9378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Omaha, NE, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2586&lon=-95.9378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7339X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7339X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150B (registry code 2071806, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150B
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 439 total, 301 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991214047219A

## Narrative

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

(.4) THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE AFTER DEPARTURE. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) EXECUTED A FORCED LANDING ON A ROAD WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WING CONTACTED A SEMI-TRUCK. A POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO PREEXISTING ANOMALIES WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.  THE CFI REPORTED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.  A WEATHER REPORT STATED A TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES F., AND A DEWPOINT OF 28 DEGREES F.  ACCORDING TO THE CARBURETOR ICING CHART BY TRANSPORT CANADA, THE TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT FALL WITHIN THE RANGE OF SERIOUS ICING POTENTIAL. FAA AC 20-113 STATES, 'WHEN THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS ABOVE 50 PERCENT AND THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 70 DEGREES F., APPLY CARBURETOR HEAT BRIEFLY IMMEDIATELY BEFORE TAKEOFF, PARTICULARLY WITH FLOAT TYPE CARBURETORS, TO REMOVE ANY ICE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATED DURING TAXI AND RUNUP.'           (-23) FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY, TEMP AND DEW POINT CLOSE. DURING CLIMB-OUT, ABOUT 700 FEET AGL, ENGINE LOST POWER. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ASSUMED CONTROL AND EXECUTED A 180 DEGREE TURN TO RETURN TO AIRPORT. DUE TO TERRAIN (HILLS AN D WOODED AREA) PILOT UNABLE TO REACH AIRPORT. COMPLETED 90 DEGREE TURN TO  LEFT AND COMPLETED FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY JUST SOUTH OF AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO HARD LANDING. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE FOUND NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. ENGINE HAD A SATISFACTORY GROUND RUN.

## 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 CHI00LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA046), Dec 14, 1999: Cessna 150B (N7339X), Omaha, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots failure to use carburetor heat during takeoff in weather conducive for serious carburetor ice. Factors were the weather that was conducive for carburetor icing and the presence of the…

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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