# Accident 20240601010589A: Cessna 150M, San Juan, PR, June 1, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2024, 14:22 local time
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Airport: Fernando Ribas Dominicci Airpo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4574° N, 66.0886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4574&lon=-66.0886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6198K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6198K) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 535 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA239) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240601010589A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 1, 2024, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A C-150M WITH SERIAL NUMBER 15077583, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A PART 61 FLIGHT SCHOOL, CONDUCTED A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A PARTIAL OR FULL POWER PLANT FAILURE. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 09 AT FERNANDO LUIS RIBAS DOMINICCI AIRPORT (SIG) IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, AT 1422HRS LOCAL TIME. ADSB-OUT DATA SHOWS A COURSE CHANGE TO THE RIGHT (30°) AFTER TAKEOFF, FOLLOWED BY A 270° LEFT TURN BEFORE DESCENDING INTO THE TREE LINE. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED A GRASSY AREA WITHIN A PUBLIC PARK AT HIGH VELOCITY AND A LOW IMPACT ANGLE. AFTER INITIAL IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM ITS INITIAL IMPACT POINT. THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS A QUARTER MILE SOUTHEAST FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 09, AT COORDINATES 18°27’26.7” N 66°05’18.8” W. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE REPORTED AS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC), WITH WIND FROM 080° AT 12 KNOTS, VISIBILITY OF 6 MILES, SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 3,000 FEET, AND BROKEN CEILINGS AT 7,000 FEET. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 29°C, WITH A DEW POINT OF 26°C, AND A BAROMETRIC PRESSURE OF 29.96"HG. ON BOARD WERE TWO OCCUPANTS WHO SUSTAINED INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^HOSPITAL. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA24LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA239), Jun 1, 2024: Cessna 150 (N6198K), San Juan, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to the failure of the No. 2 cylinder rocker shaft bosses from fatigue cracking.

## Other reports on N6198K (1)

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

- [Incident 19791209047759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209047759I), Dec 9, 1979: Cessna 150M (N6198K), Indianapolis, IN. Instructor pilot ignored students preflight remark that fuel was low. Ran out of fuel, landed on golf course.

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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