# NTSB BFO93LA035: Cessna 150M, N63369, Xenia, OH, February 27, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 27, 1993, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Xenia, OH
- Coordinates: 39.680004, -83.939254 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6800&lon=-83.9393&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11904
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO93LA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11904/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA035

## Probable cause

LOSS OF PARTIAL POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE LOST PARTIAL POWER.  THE CFI STATED HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, AND THE ENGINE LOST MORE POWER.  HE STATED HE TURNED THE CARBURETOR HEAT OFF AND THE ENGINE REGAINED SOME POWER AND THEN CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER.  HE STATED HE SWITCHED MAGNETOS, BUT NOTHING HELPED TO RESTORE POWER.  HE EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD BELOW HIS FLIGHT PATH.  THE AIRPLANE SLID ALONG THE SNOW COVERED GROUND UNTIL IT IMPACTED A ROW OF TREES.  THE AIRPLANE AND ENGINE WERE EXAMINED WITH NO ANOMALIES FOUND. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, DAYTON WEATHER FACILITY WAS REPORTING A TEMPERATURE OF 19 DEGREES F AND A DEW POINT OF 11 DEGREES F.  THE PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE WAS COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE.  HE STATED HE TOWED THE AIRPLANE INTO A HANGAR AND HEATED THE AIRPLANE FOR 45 MINUTES.  HE STATED HE HEATED THE AIRPLANE UNTIL ALL THE ICE AND SNOW WAS MELTED AND THEN MOVED THE AIRPLANE OUTSIDE. HE SAID THE AIRPLANE WAS OUTSIDE ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE THEY STARTED THE ENGINE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N63369 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077267
- Airframe hours: 4987
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Grover C. Mathews
- Registered owner: Grover C. Mathews
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, January 15, 1993, 49 hours before
- Departed: I19

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; flight instructor, airline transport, flight engineer, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 4,815 total, 425 in this make and model, 2,717 as pilot in command, 117 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 19 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAY, 12 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 19930227003909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930227003909A), Feb 27, 1993: Cessna 150M, Dayton, OH, Substantial damage. Lost power on climbout. Struck trees landing. Engine sputtered on take off lost some power. Did not abort.

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

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