- Date
- March 25, 1991, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Villa Rica, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3798JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910325007609A
- Case key
- 8386
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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
During the go-around following a touch-and-go landing, the engine began to sputter and lose power. Unable to turn back to the runway, the pilot force landed the airplane, and it subsequently collided with trees on the landing roll. Examination and a test run of the engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure. During the fuel system examination, air could not be blown through the left wing main fuel vent, however when disassembled no obstructions were found. All other fuel vents, including the crossover vent line, were clear. The reason for the loss of engine power could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3798J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065098
- Airframe hours
- 4,877
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Stockmar Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- Stockmar Aviation Services
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 13, 1991 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- 20GA · Stockmar, runway 28, 5,000 × 30 ft, asphalt
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 866 total · 25 in this make and model · 794 as pilot in command · 69 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.