# Accident 20111007024769A: Cessna 150L, Ferriday, LA, October 7, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2011, 16:00 local time
- Place: Ferriday, LA
- Airport: Ferriday
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5572° N, 91.5039° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5572&lon=-91.5039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N642EZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N642EZ-2018-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 17 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111007024769A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE (3000') 5 MILES FROM FERRIDAY AIRPORT(K0RA). PILOT  PULLED "CARB HEAT", ENGINE HAD A PROBLEM AND THEN A LOSS OF POWER, THEN STOPPED RUNNING. PILOT LINED AIRCRAFT PARALLEL TO A PLOWED COTTON FIELD AND PROCEDED TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR TURNED LEFT IN THE PLOWED ROW FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT ONTO ITS BACK. AIRCRAFT WAS CONSIDERED DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 CEN12LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA015), Oct 7, 2011: Cessna 150L (N642EZ), Vidalia, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power likely due to carburetor ice.

## Other reports on N642EZ (1)

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

- [Accident 19891025044629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891025044629A), Oct 25, 1989: Cessna STC150 (N642EZ), Marana, AZ, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route. Landing on gravel road struck cactus and 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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