- Date
- August 15, 1991, 19:45 local (Aug 16, 1991, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Old Monroe, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2842VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910815034409A
- Case key
- 15160
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Probable cause
The separation of the throttle control cable. Contributing to the accident was the rough terrain on which a forced landing was made.
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 student pilot and CFI had practiced minimum controllable airspeed and were attempting to return to cruise flight when movement of the throttle failed to adjust the engine power setting. Engine power decreased to idle and an emergency landing was made in an open dirt field. The nose gear dug into the dirt and collapsed during the landing roll. Inspection of the airplane revealed a separation of the throttle cable and its housing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2842V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076297
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kreve Avaition, Inc.
- Departed
- SUS · Chesterfield, 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
- 53
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,346 total · 126 in this make and model · 1,201 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 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 N2842V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.