- Date
- January 30, 1992, 07:10 local (12:10 UTC)
- Place
- West Hempstead, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7673UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920130001399A
- Case key
- 11762
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Loss of engine power for an unknown reason. The lack of suitable terrain for an emergency landing was a related factor.
Analysis
During a local aerial traffic observation flight, at approximately 1300 feet above ground level (AGL), the pilot reported the airplane was experiencing engine problems. He said he applied carburetor heat and adjusted the mixture, but the airplane continued to lose power. At approximately 1000 feet AGL the airplane engine lost total power. A forced landing was made on a high school track field where it came to rest after sliding into a fence. The airplane was moved to a hangar and the engine was test run. No anomalies were noted and the carburetor heat control performed as expected. The carburetor was removed from the airplane and inspected with no anomalies noted. Fuel samples were taken and no contaminates were found. The local temperature at the time of the accident was 21 degrees f and the dew point was 19 degrees f. according to icing probability curves this weather condition is conducive to induction system icing.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7673U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077799
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Island Aerial Ads
- Registered owner
- Brookfield Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 23, 1992 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- HWV · Brook Haven, NY
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 912 total · 380 in this make and model · 701 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 129 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JFK, 15 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.