# Accident 20160819024279A: Cessna 150M, Littleton, MA, August 19, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2016, 13:49 local time
- Place: Littleton, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5239° N, 71.4917° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5239&lon=-71.4917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9230U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9230U-2018-10-23) (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 MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 26 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160819024279A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM HIS SOLO LONG CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.  4.5 MILES FROM MINUTE MAN FIELD THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER FROM 2500 RPM TO 1300. THE STUDENT PILOT PUSHED THE MIXTURE IN AND APPLIED CARB HEAT. NO CHANGE IN ENGINE PERFORMANCE. AT APPROXIMATELY 800 TO 1000 FEET THE ENGINE STOPPED ALL TOGETHER.  THE STUDENT PILOT THEN LANDED IN A FIELD AND HIT A STONE WALL THEN INTO SOME TREES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BUT THE STUDENT 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 ERA16LA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA300), Aug 19, 2016: Cessna 150 (N9230U), Littleton, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during descent for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal…

## Other reports on N9230U (1)

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

- [Accident 19770208001879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770208001879A), Feb 8, 1977: Cessna 150M (N9230U), Romeo, MI, Substantial damage

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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