- Date
- August 6, 1993, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blue Rapids, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N714LZCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930806028019A
- Case key
- 9274
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Probable cause
the 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 pilot attempted a precautionary landing after experiencing a loss in engine RPM. After the application of carburetor heat, a further reduction in engine RPM was experienced, and the pilot elected to land on a nearby field. During the approach to the field, the airplane struck a powerline.
Factual narrative
On August 6, 1993, about 1200 central daylight time, a Cessna 150M airplane, N714LZ, experienced loss of engine power during cruise and struck a wire during a precautionary landing near Blue Rapids, Kansas. The solo commercial pilot reported no injury. The airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the landing site. The personal cross-country flight originated from Atchison, Kansas, time unknown, without a flight plan and operated under 14 CFR 91.
The pilot stated that during cruise he experienced a loss in engine RPM. When the application of carburetor heat resulted in a further reduction in engine RPM, the pilot pushed the carburetor heat off.
The wreckage was removed without being inspected by the FAA. A conversation with a local mechanic who looked at the engine of the accident airplane approximately two months after the accident, revealed what he believes was a water stain line in the fuel gascolator. The mechanic could not be certain that the stain line was actually caused by water. He stated the gasoline he drained from the wing tanks was automotive gasoline and he did not see any evidence of water. The engine was not disassembled or run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714LZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079270
- Airframe hours
- 3,441
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lester G. Nelson, Jr
- Registered owner
- Lester G. Nelson Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1993 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- K59 · Atchison, KS
- Destination
- MYZ · Marysville, KS
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,400 total · 10,000 in this make and model · 14,100 as pilot in command · 99 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MHK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.