# Accident 20061226025939A: Cessna 150M, Eastland, TX, December 26, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2006, 18:40 local time
- Place: Eastland, TX
- Airport: Eastland Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4136° N, 98.8097° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4136&lon=-98.8097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9364U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9364U-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: AMTR O200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 116 total, 116 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061226025939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD PASSED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CHECK ONLY 13 DAYS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT. HE AND PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE ENROUTE FROM FTW TO ABI. ABOUT HALFWAY TO ABI, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLOWLY LOSE RPM. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPLIED CARB HEAT WITH NO CHANGE. RPM CONTINUED TO SLOWLY DECREASE OVER THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES SO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT. ZFW CENTER WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT FOLLOWING AND DIRECTED HIM TO EASTLAND MUNICIPAL. AT THIS TIME, IT WAS ALMOST DARK AND THE RUNWAY AT ETN WAS NOT LIT. PILOT CONTROLLED LIGHTING WAS AVAILABLE ON ANOTHER FREQUENCY BUT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED TO LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE ENGINE HAD COMPLETELY QUIT BY THIS TIME. HE OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY AND ROLLED THROUGH A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND INTO A SMALL GROVE OF TREES. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON ITS LANDING GEAR, BUT TREE LIMBS DAMAGED BOTH WINGS. NO INJURIES WERE SUFFERED BY THE OCCUPANTS. LATER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE MIXTURE CONTROL ARM ON THE CARBURETOR TO BE LOOSE AND MOVING THE CONTROL IN THE COCKPIT DID NOT RESULT IN ANY CHANGE IN MIXTURE. THE ENGINE WAS PROBABLY GETTING LEANER AND LEANER AS THE FLIGHT PROGRESSED, FINALLY RESULTING IN TOTAL POWER LOSS.

## 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 DFW07CA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA044), Dec 27, 2006: Cessna 150M (N9364U), Eastland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for an undetermined reason during cruise flight, which resulted in a forced landing and an overrun. A factor associated with the accident was the pilot's misjudged…

## Other reports on N9364U (1)

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

- [Incident 19980511013769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980511013769I), May 11, 1998: Cessna 150M (N9364U), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: student pilot exited runway too fast, striking taxi sign, minor damage to aircraft.

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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