- Date
- July 19, 1990, 13:58 local (21:58 UTC)
- Place
- Goose Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N66277Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900719050189A
- Case key
- 5407
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. The wet tundra was a contributing factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After a simulated emergency landing, the engine would not respond to application of throttle. The airplane nosed over on water covered tundra. No mechanical malfunctions or failures were noted during engine examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66277
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075972
- Airframe hours
- 5,845
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anchorage Air Center, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 9, 1990 · 56 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 333 total · 151 in this make and model · 282 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N66277 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.