- Date
- June 30, 1988, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lonsdale, MN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63178Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880630025189A
- Case key
- 14101
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was executing a power-off glide and when an attempt was made to recover by adding power, the engine did not respond. The pilot was then forced to make an emergency landing in a field. During the forced landing the pilot was unable to maintain control and subsequently caught a wingtip on the rough terrain and cartwheeled the aircraft. As a result the aircraft was destroyed. Investigation of the engine by an FAA inspector revealed that the carburetor was contaminated with a fiberglass substance which blocked the throat of the carburetor. There were no other signs of the substance and as a result the place of origin of the substance could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63178
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077156
- Airframe hours
- 4,012
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Doanld B. Eide
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1988 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 1MN8 · Webster, MN
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 610 total · 23 in this make and model · 463 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FBL, 15 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.
Other investigations on N63178 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.