- Date
- April 23, 1990, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Clinton, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8689JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900423014219A
- Case key
- 11588
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Probable cause
Pilot factor in that he improperly used the engine controls.
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
According to the student plt, he was on downwind leg, abeam of the rwy threshold, when he reduced power, lowered flaps 20 degs, and pulled the carb ht on. As he turned to base leg, the engine slowed and stopped. He unsuccessfully tried to restart the engine and made a forced landing in a gravel pit, where the acft nosed over during rollout. Post accident exam of the acft revealed the mixture control instead of the carb at control, was pulled back to the off position. The engine was started and it operated satisfactorily.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8689J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066589
- Airframe hours
- 4,361
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Beacon Aviation
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 9, 1990 · 91 hours before
- Airport
- W32 · Hyde Field
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- DCA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.