- Date
- August 26, 1990, 15:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- League City, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N60774Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900826038869A
- Case key
- 17984
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Probable cause
Ground collision with an object during the landing roll during a forced landing following a complete power loss. The reason for the power loss is undetermined.
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 instructor and his student departed laporte, TX, and flew 10 miles south to houston, TX, gulf airport, where the student made a touch and go landing. On climbout at about 300 feet AGL, the engine lost all power. The instructor assumed control and made a forced landing in a field. The airplane collided with trees before it could be brought to a halt. FAA inspectors found fuel in both fuel tanks, fuel strainer, and the fuel line leading to the carburetor. In addition, the fuel shutoff valve was open, the carburetor heat control was on, the throttle was closed, the mixture was at idle-cutoff, and the magnetoes were off. The crankcase was nearly full with oil. The engine was started and full power and magneto checks were performed. No discrepancies were noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60774
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070567
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fletcher Aviation
- Destination
- T41 · Laporte, TX
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
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 525 total · 200 in this make and model · 420 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- EFD, 7 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.