# Accident 20160627010019A: Cessna 150L, Detroit, MI, June 27, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2016, 20:50 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3892° N, 83.0042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3892&lon=-83.0042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6622G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6622G) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 202 in this make and model, 475 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160627010019A

## Narrative

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

WHILE RETURNING TO LAND AT KDET AFTER A BANNER TOW OVER THE DETROIT RIVER THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER, THE PILOT APPLIED CARB HEAT, TURNED ON THE FUEL BOOST PUMP AND RICHENED THE MIXTURE, POWER WAS MOMENTARILY RESTORED THEN POWER WAS LOST.  THE PILOT DROPPED THE BANNER AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON  A CITY STREET.  DURING THE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINES CAUSING THEM TO BREAK, A FEMALE ON THE GROUND UNLOADING GROCERIES FROM HER CAR WAS STRUCK BY A POWER LINE AND WAS ELECTROCUTED.  SHE WAS RECESITATED AND DIED 10 DAYS LATER FROM HER INJURIES.

## 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 CEN16LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA236), Jun 28, 2016: Cessna 150L (N6622G), Detroit, MI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s disregard of the banner-tow operator's policy regarding the maximum allowable flight duration, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N6622G (1)

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

- [Accident 20110212004189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110212004189A), Feb 12, 2011: Cessna 150L (N6622G), Trenton, MI, Substantial damage. On 2/12/2011 pilot had been flying from troy airport to grossile airport, towing a banner, for approximately 55 minutes in level flight when he felt a heavy…

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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