- Date
- February 18, 1984, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Menominee, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5828ECessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840218004059A
- Case key
- 12549
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed in a swamp and nosed over after the engine lost power. Weather conditions were conducive to carburetor icing. The plt reported that he experienced carburetor icing and a power loss two miles short of the arpt of intended landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5828E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17328
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edward Shaffer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 1983
- Departed
- 3D1 · Crivitz, WI
- Destination
- MNM · Menominee, MI
- Airport
- Crivitz
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 159 total · 145 in this make and model · 116 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5828E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.