# NTSB BFO92LA027: Cessna 150M, N7673U, West Hempstead, NY, January 30, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 30, 1992, 07:10 local (12:10 UTC)
- Place: West Hempstead, NY
- Coordinates: 40.690921, -73.649551 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6909&lon=-73.6496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11762
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO92LA027
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11762/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA027

## Probable cause

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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
  - object - fence

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7673U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7673U-2012-08-10), registration cancelled 2012-08-10, S/N 15077799, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077799
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920130001399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920130001399A), Jan 30, 1992: Cessna 150M, West Hempstead, NY, Substantial damage. Engine lost power on traffic watch. Landed in track field and struck a fence. Conditions for carburetor icing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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