- Date
- December 6, 1982, 21:15 local (Dec 7, 1982, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Snow Hill, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N19488Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821206064209A
- Case key
- 72635
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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
The pilot stated that the aircraft was descending about 10 mi from the destination airport when the engine failed. Subsequently, the plane collided with a ditch during a night landing. An examination revealed that the quick drain oil plug had failed internally and allowed oil to escape from the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19488
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074445
- Airframe hours
- 1,517
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John H. Miller
- Registered owner
- David S. Sechler
- Departed
- SRW · Salisbury, NC
- Destination
- I50 · Kinston, NC
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 826 total · 226 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 260° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
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 N19488 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.