- Date
- April 18, 1991, 22:30 local (Apr 19, 1991, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Bern, NC
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N51414Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910418011509A
- Case key
- 8396
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Probable cause
The aircraft engine loss of power for an undetermined reason. Factors related to the accident were the dark night, and the inadvertent stall of the aircraft.
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 during a go-around the aircraft engine lost power. It was a dark night and the pilot knew that there were obstacles on the departure end of the runway that he could not see. The pilot attempted to turn the aircraft back toward the airport during the forced landing, the aircraft stalled, and crashed. Examination and test run of the aircraft engine revealed no evidence of malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51414
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069994
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bacso, Shawn & Kolar, Jeff
- Registered owner
- Bacso, Shawn & Kolar, Jeff
- Airport
- EWN · Simmons, runway 22, 4,804 × 150 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 120 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Observed at
- EWN, 1 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.