# Accident 20241024017899A: Cessna 150L, Lanai City, HI, October 24, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2024, 16:47 local time
- Place: Lanai City, HI
- Airport: Lanai
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.8225° N, 156.9348° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8225&lon=-156.9348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10495, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10495) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241024017899A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LNY WITH PILOT AND PASSENGER FOR 5TH SHORT LEG OF THE DAY.  ALL PREVIOUS FLIGHTS HAD NO ISSUES.  DURING CLIMBOUT AT FULL POWER, HAD SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND TURNED BACK TO LNY.  APPLIED CARB HEAT, RECOVERED SOME POWER BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE AIRPORT.  LANDED ON FARM ROAD APPX 2 MILES FROM AIRPORT.  DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, RH WINGTIP CONTACTED VEGITATION.

## 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 ANC25LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA005), Oct 25, 2024: Cessna 150 (N10495), Lanai City, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to the formation of carburetor ice as a result of the pilot’s improper use of carburetor heat.

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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