# Accident 20200130000289A: Cessna 150L, Big Lake, AK, January 30, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2020, 17:25 local time
- Place: Big Lake, AK
- Airport: Big Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5342° N, 149.8278° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5342&lon=-149.8278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19524, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19524) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 517 total, 187 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC20CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200130000289A

## Narrative

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

ON 01/30/2020 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MERRILL FIELD ALASKA AND LANDED IN BIG LAKE ALASKA TO PICK UP A FRIEND.  THE PILOT AND FRIEND FLEW NORTH TO TALKEETNA AND THEN FLEW SOUTHWEST TO MOUNT SUSITNA AND THEN BACK TO BIG LAKE TO DROP OFF THE PILOTS FRIEND.

THE PILOT DID A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 7 AT BIG LAKE AND WAS COMING BACK AROUND FOR A FULL-STOP LANDING TO DROP OFF HIS FRIEND.  IN THE DOWNWIND LEG THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER THE PILOT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE BUT NO RESPONSE.  THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY TURNED BACK TO RUNWAY 7 BUT ENDED UP LANDING SHORT.

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON  SOUTH BIG LAKE ROAD THE AIRCRAFT'S OUTBOARD LEFT WING IMPACTED A TREE AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED ONTO THE ROAD AND SPUN 180 DEGREES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP A THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. THE PILOT AND HIS FRIEND WERE UNINJURED.

THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED DAMAGE TO BOTH WING TIPS, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN ONE PROPELLER BLADE BEING BENT AFT AND DAMAGE TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING.  THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG WAS BENT AFT.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD APPROXIMATELY 6 GALLONS OF FUEL AND FUEL SAMPLES TAKEN WERE OF CLEAN 100 LOW-LEAD FUEL.

THE ENGINE WAS ROTATED NO ABNORMALITIES WERE OBSERVED.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT FULLY ENGAGED THE CARBURETOR HEAT BEFORE LANDING AND SUSPECTED CARBURETOR ICING RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.  UPON INSPECTION THE CARBURETOR HEAT KNOB WAS OBSERVED AS ONLY 50 PERCENT ENGAGED.

## 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 ANC20CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC20CA016), Jan 30, 2020: Cessna 150 (N19524), Big Lake, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to apply full carburetor heat while operating in conditions conducive to carburetor icing, which resulted in a total loss of engine power, a forced landing, and impact with a tree.

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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