- Date
- July 22, 1984, 07:22 local (11:22 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66789Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840722036269A
- Case key
- 12704
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(total) - nonmechanical
Fuel system,vent - blocked(partial)Cause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hilly
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot stated that the engine failed due to fuel starvation. The fuel selector is an on-off type. Examination of the aircraft revealed that the fuel vent was partially blocked by mud dobbers.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66789
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076282
- Airframe hours
- 1,450
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis Maygar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- MGW · Morgantown, WV
- Destination
- 413 · Mt. Vernon, OH
- Airport
- 218 · Newark Heath
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 42 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 151 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 24 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.