# Accident 20190815023019A: Cessna 150E, Rio Grand, TX, August 15, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2019, 17:00 local time
- Place: Rio Grand, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3806° N, 98.8169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3806&lon=-98.8169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150CR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N150CR-2021-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,127 total, 440 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA275) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190815023019A

## Narrative

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

FAA RECEIVED ANONYMOUS NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENT IN STARR COUNTY AND PROVIDED AIRCRAFT OWNERS NUMBER. CONTACTED OWNER WHO STATED HE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT DUE TO AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN MOVED AND WILL BE SCRAPPED. REQUESTED PILOTS INFORMATION. PILOT STATED WAS REPOSITION FLIGHT TO RANCH. DURING CRUISE ENGINE OVERHEAT OCCURRED AND POWER LOSS BEGAN. PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT BEING REPORTED, PILOT AND OWNER CUT AIRCRAFT UP AND LOADED ON A TRAILER AND PILED IN SCRAPPED YARD ON RANCH. INSPECTION REVEALED NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF CAUSE, DUE TO ACCESS TO ENGINE AND IT HAD BEEN LEFT UPSIDE DOWN STILL COWLED.

## 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 CEN19LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA275), Aug 15, 2019: Cessna 150 (N150CR), Rio Grande City, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power following an increase in oil temperature for undetermined reasons during cruise flight, which resulted in a forced landing on unsuitable terrain.

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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