# Accident 20191113021239A: Cessna 150M, Red Rock, AZ, November 13, 2019 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 13, 2019, 01:12 local time - Place: Red Rock, AZ - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 32.4761° N, 111.3378° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4761&lon=-111.3378&mi=10 - Aircraft: N704QJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704QJ-2021-02-27) (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 -A - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 151 total, 40 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA022) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191113021239A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION N704QJ ON NOVEMBER 13 AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 MST N704QJ(S/N 15078787) A CESSNA 150M DEPARTED GLENDALE AIRPORT AIRPORT (GEU) ON A FLIGHT TO PINAL AIRPARK (MZJ),THE AIRCRAFT HAS A VALID REGISTRATION AND IS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT THAT DAY. THE PILOT HAS HAD A PRIVATE PILOTS CERTIFICATE SINCE 9/29/2019 AND WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DONE A TOUCH AND GO AT PINAL AIRPARK AT AROUND 12:30 AND HAD CLIMBED TO 1500 FEET AGL WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND EVENTUALLY QUIT FORCING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD NEXT TO INTERSTATE 10 AT MM 226. ----- INTERVIEW----- DURING THE INTERVIEW ON 11/14/2019 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE HAD JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED AIRCRAFT N704QJ AND HAD TOOK DELIVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT EARLIER THAT DAY FROM THE SELLER(AIRCRAFT OWNERSHIP SOLUTIONS LLC) HE SAID THAT THE SELLER TOLD HIM THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN GOOD SHAPE AND THAT ALL THE MAINTENANCE WAS CURRENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE HAD FLOWN FROM GLENDALE AIRPORT(GEU) TO PINAL AIRPARK(MZJ) HE LANDED AT PINAL AIRPARK WITHOUT ANY ISSUES , HE DID NOT GET FUEL AT PINAL AIRPARK AND STATED THAT HE HAD ABOUT THE FUEL TANK WAS ABOUT ½ FULL AND TOOK BACK OFF BETWEEN 0030 ? 0100 HEADED BACK TO GLENDALE AIRPORT AT ABOUT 1500? AGL THE ENGINE STARTED ?SPUTTERING? AND ?VIBRATING? DURING CLIMB HE STOPPED CLIMBING AND THE ENGINE WOULD STOP SPUTTERING BUT EVENTUALLY THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING , ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SPOTTED A FIELD HE COULD LAND IN BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 10 AND THEN TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE SEVERAL TIMES(HE SAID FOR 2 TO 3 MINUTES BUT WAS UNSURE OF THE EXACT AMOUNT OF TIME)THE PROP WOULD ROTATE BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. HE THEN MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE FIELD AND THAT HE REMEMBERED TURNING THE FUEL SELECTOR OFF AT THIS POINT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THE WIND WAS NOT BLOWING AND IT WAS AROUND 0100 AND STILL DARK WHEN HE MADE THE EMERGENCY LANDING. ------MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVIEW ------ WHEN REVIEWING THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ANNUAL, 91.411 AND 91.413 WERE ALL CURRENT. ------ DETAILED INSPECTION ------ THERE WERE SEVERAL NOTABLE ITEMS ON THE DETAILED INSPECTION. I NOTICED THAT THE FUEL SUMP KNOB ON THE AFT OF THE ENGINE WAS PARTIALLY OPEN, I TOOK A PHOTO OF THE KNOB AND THEN WAS ABLE TO PUSH IT IN ABOUT ½ INCH, I ALSO PULLED THE KNOB OUT AND IT SEEMED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. I INSPECTED THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THIS POINT AND NOTICED THAT THERE WERE ?CLEAN? STREAKS IN AN OTHERWISE DIRTY BELLY WHICH I DETERMINED MAY HAVE BEEN FROM THE FUEL LEAKING OUT OF THE FUEL DRAIN. I REMOVED A COUPLE OF SPARK PLUGS AND ROTATED THE PROP NOTING THAT THERE WAS COMPRESSION IN THE CYLINDERS. ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS AND ENGINE CONTROLS OPERATED NORMALLY. AFTER INSPECTING THE REST OF THE AIRCRAFT I FOUND NO ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO NOTE EXCEPT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE EMERGENCY LANDING , THE UPPER NLG MOUNTS WERE BROKEN, THE CARBURETOR MANIFOLD WAS BROKEN AND THE FUSELAGE AFT OF BOTH MLG LEGS WERE DAMAGED FROM THE LANDING. NOTE: PRIOR TO COMPLETING THIS INVESTIGATION THE PILOT DIED IN ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON 12/13/2019 ## 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 WPR20LA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA022), Nov 13, 2019: Cessna 150 (N704QJ), Red Rock, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s improper use of carburetor heat. ## Other reports on N704QJ (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20000621011159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000621011159A), Jun 21, 2000: Cessna 150M (N704QJ), El Monte, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) VFR instructional flight was making approach to EMT when pilot declared emergency. Pilot informed tower that they would not make the airport. A/c landed… - [Accident 19951015047119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951015047119A), Oct 15, 1995: Cessna 150M (N704QJ), Fullerton, CA, Substantial damage. Lost power. Struck power lines and fence landing. Was circling to find airport. Fuel exhaustion. Not night licensed 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.