# Accident 20180721017499A: Cessna 150M, Everett, WA, July 21, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2018, 18:55 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9069° N, 122.2817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9069&lon=-122.2817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45586, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45586) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 255 total, 151 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA519](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA519) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180721017499A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO LAND WHEN ENGINE QUIT. PILOT STATEMENT

INDICATES HE USED CARB HEAT. TEMP WAS 22 AND DEWPOINT WAS 9, INDICATING

A SERIOUS ICING PROBABLILITY IN DESCENT POWER. PILOT LANDED SHORT OF

RUNWAY IN THRESHOLD AREA AND NOSEWHEEL COLLAPSED UPON LANDING. FUEL WAS

PRESENT AND FUEL SCREENS WERE CLEAR. NO OTHER EXPLANATION IS PROBABLE.

## 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 GAA18CA519](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA519), Jul 22, 2018: Cessna 150 (N45586), Everett, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing during final approach, which resulted in a hard landing short of the runway and the nose landing gear collapsing.

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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