- Date
- March 27, 1991, 20:15 local (Mar 28, 1991, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Watkins, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51100Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910327007709A
- Case key
- 18078
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason, and failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed during the forced landing, which resulted in a stall/mush.
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
During initial climb, the engine RPM dropped and the altitude and airspeed could not be maintained. Just before the pilot could align his aircraft with the runway, the aircraft stalled. Cause of the partial power loss was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51100
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069765
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Andrew & Assoc.
- Registered owner
- Andrew & Assoc
- Departed
- FTR · Watkins, CO
- Airport
- FTG · Front Range, runway 8, 8,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 74
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 13,628 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 12,712 as pilot in command · 119 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.