- Date
- February 8, 1988, 19:26 local (Feb 9, 1988, 00:26 UTC)
- Place
- Youngstown, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N618DPCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880208002039A
- Case key
- 7585
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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
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Fuel system,carburetor
Maintenance,replacement - performed
Maintenance,inspection - inadequateCause
Forced landing
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Terrain condition - none suitable
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N618DP
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067200
- Engine
- Continental O-200A-48, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Pusser
- Registered owner
- Douglas K. Pusser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 26, 1987
- Departed
- 04G · Youngstown, OH
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 5 in this make and model · 251 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YNG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.