- Date
- January 1, 1985, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dublin, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50913Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850101000059A
- Case key
- 6732
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorFactor
Ditching
Analysis
The pilot reported that the acft lost power in cruise flight and he attempted to land in an open field. He aborted the approach because of a tailwind and flew along a river for aprx 1 mile before ditching in the water. The acft sank in the river and the plt swam to shore. The acft was not recovered from the river and cause of the power loss was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50913
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069637
- Airframe hours
- 2,927
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David P. Singletary
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 14, 1984 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 4WI · Elizabethtown, NC
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 335 total · 295 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.