- Date
- June 18, 1991, 13:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Cadillac, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N22494Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910618022329A
- Case key
- 15101
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Probable cause
Improper preflight, inattentiveness, failure to maintain airspeed, and poor inflight planning/decision.
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 pilot experienced a loss of engine power on climb out following a touch and go landing, and attempted to make a 180 degree turn back to the airport from an altitude estimated to be approximately 200 feet. The aircraft stalled in the turn and crashed short of the airfield. Investigation revealed one tablespoon of fuel in carburetor, one gallon in the left wing, and three gallons in the right wing. Prior to this flight, the aircraft had been flown for 3.7 hours since it was last refueled. This pilot had been flying for 0.8 hours when the engine quit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22494
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068317
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Don De Ruiter, doing business as Northwoods Avaition
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Airport
- CAD · Wexford City, runway 18, 2,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 44 total · 30 in this make and model · 44 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAD, 1 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.