- Date
- July 30, 1990, 09:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11948Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900730029149A
- Case key
- 14734
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason.
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.
Analysis
The accident airplane collided with wires while attempting an off airport precautionary landing to a wheat field. The airplane descended out of control after the collision and nosed over in the field. According to the pilot the airplane had just departed from a private landing strip when it experienced a partial power loss during climb. He elected to make an off airport precautionary landing. On final approach he collided with the wires which bordered the field and crossed his approach path.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11948
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075726
- Airframe hours
- 4,040
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lester G. Nelson
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1989 · 433 hours before
- Destination
- STJ · St. Joseph, MO
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 11,117 total · 8,871 in this make and model · 10,563 as pilot in command · 133 in the last 90 days · 47 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.