# Accident 20131228025729A: Cessna 150L, Gladewater, TX, December 28, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2013, 12:00 local time
- Place: Gladewater, TX
- Airport: Gladewater Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5261° N, 94.9686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5261&lon=-94.9686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6905G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6905G-2018-03-16) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131228025729A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE PATTERN TO LAND RUNWAY 14 AT GLADEWATER WHEN THE RPM BEGAN TO DECREASE. HE TURNED TOWARD THE AIRPORT, FOLLOWING HIS RESTART PROCEDURES, BUT AS IT BECAME APPARENT THAT HE WAS GOING TO END UP SHORT, HE ATTEMPTED TO REACH A SUITABLE OFF-AIRPORT AREA TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT INTO. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TREES JUST SHORT OF THE CLEAR AREA HE WAS TRYING TO REACH.

## 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 CEN14LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA094), Dec 28, 2013: Cessna 150L (N6905G), Gladewater, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to carburetor icing.

## Other reports on N6905G (1)

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

- [Accident 19750526011279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750526011279A), May 26, 1975: Cessna 150L (N6905G), Murfreesboro, TN, Substantial damage. Soft fld tkof.

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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