# Accident 20161219022059A: Cessna 150, Palm Bay, FL, December 19, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: Palm Bay, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: ECQS
- Location: 27.8700° N, 80.5578° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8700&lon=-80.5578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150EC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N150EC-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 309 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161219022059A

## Narrative

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

PILOTS ENCOUNTERED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL POWER, CONDUCTED EMERGENCY LANDING IN OPEN FIELD.

## 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 ERA17LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA071), Dec 19, 2016: Cessna 150 (N150EC), Palm Bay, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Unknown maintenance personnel’s improper routing of electrical wires in the engine compartment, which resulted in chafing and a subsequent in-flight fire.

## Other reports on N150EC (1)

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

- [Incident 20140104003069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140104003069I), Jan 4, 2014: Cessna 150 (N150EC), Macungie, PA, No damage. While in level flight throttle became stuck and aircraft engine started to run rough. Engine quit running and would not restart, pilot performed off airport…

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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