# Accident 20080530838809A: Cessna 150M, New Berlin, WI, May 30, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2008, 11:34 local time
- Place: New Berlin, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9786° N, 88.1347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9786&lon=-88.1347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3130V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3130V-2013-06-11) (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: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 497 total, 200 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080530838809A

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB ON THIS SHORT FLIGHT FROM MKE TO UES, AIRCRAFT N3130V, A CESSNA 150, HAD THE ENGINE QUIT AT 2000'.  WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND REPORTED BY MILWAUKEE MITCHELL ATCT WAS: TEMPERATURE 21C AND DEWPOINT 18C.  THE PILOT'S PERSONALL NOTES LISTED THE TEMPERATURE AT 16C AND DEWPOINT 14C IN MKE AND 15C AT UES, AND WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE INTERENT.  WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT, THE PILOT CHECKED FUEL SELECTOR WAS 'ON', PUSHED MIXTURE AND THROTTLE FULL FORWARD, CHECKED MASTERS 'ON' IGNITION ON 'BOTH'.  CARBERATOR HEAT WAS THEN PULLED.  ENGINE SPUTTERED BUT DID NOT RESTART.  AIRCRAFT LANED WITH ENGINE OFF AT THE NEW BERLINE HILLS GOLF COURSE ON THE 18 FAIRWAY, SKIPPING ONTO AND OVER THE GREEN AND STRIKING TWO TREES.  AIRCRAFT'S LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS LISTED AS 6/10/2005.  NO FLIGHT PERMIT HAD BEEN REQUESTED FOR THIS FLIGHT.  NEITHER THE AIRCRAFT OWNER NOR THE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC HAD INFORMED THE PILOT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD REQUIRE A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT TO MAKE THE FLIGHT TO UES FOR A PITOT STATIC TEST/INSPECTION.  THE LOG BOOKS WERE WITH THE IA IN PREPARATION FOR COMPLETING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION AND NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PILOT.

## 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 CHI08CA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA145), May 30, 2008: Cessna 150 (N3130V), New Berlin, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to the pilot's failure to use the carburetor heat during the flight. Contributing factors included the carburetor icing conditions and the trees.

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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