- Date
- January 23, 1986, 12:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Kenosha, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N48149Cessna L-19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860123001089A
- Case key
- 13414
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
Fluid,fuel - waterCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Planned approach - inadequateFactor
Analysis
The pilot drained the fuel tanks until no evidence of water was present. Alcohol & 100LL was added prior to takeoff. In the traffic pattern engine power was lost. The runway was over flown & a collision with a fence insued during the forced landing. Water was found in fuel lines & the carburetor. The engine was test run with no problems noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48149
- Reported as
- Cessna L-19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11082
- Engine
- Continental O-300, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gateway Technical Institute
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 632 total · 4 in this make and model · 560 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.