# NTSB CHI86LA074: Cessna L-19, N48149, Kenosha, WI, January 23, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 23, 1986, 12:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place: Kenosha, WI
- Coordinates: 42.620986, -87.830429 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6210&lon=-87.8304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13414
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13414/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA074

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - planned approach - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA L-19
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11082
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860123001089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860123001089A), Jan 23, 1986: Cessna L19, Kenosha, WI, Substantial damage. Loss of power after takeoff. Unable to make runway. Struck fence and furrow in a field. Water in lines, carburetor.

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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