- Date
- January 8, 1984, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plato Center, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2396UCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840108000409A
- Case key
- 12520
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical
Ignition system,spark plug - crackedFactor
Sabotage - intentionalCause
Engine assembly,cylinder - burnedFactor
Fluid,oil - contaminationCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
The acft nosed over during a forced landing after the engine lost power. After the accident oil samples from the acft were analyzed and found to contain anti-freeze. The acft owner suspected sabotage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2396U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065077
- Airframe hours
- 3,088
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 95 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rod O. Slotten
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Airport
- LL53 · Olson, runway 23, 2,000 × 100 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
- 60
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 15,000 total · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 10 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.