- Date
- June 7, 2002, 17:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6249RCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20020607016439A
- Case key
- 54872
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Probable cause
the partial loss of engine power due to the mixture control rod separating from the carburetor. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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 airplane had just taken off and was climbing out when the engine started to lose rpm. The airplane continued to climb straight for a couple of hundred feet, then the pilot turned the airplane crosswind hoping to make it around the pattern and land. When the aircraft turned downwind it wasn't climbing, prompting the pilot to make a forced landing in a field. The airplane touched down, impacted a berm, bounced, then impacted the terrain a second time before coming to rest in an upright position. An examination by an FAA inspector revealed the mixture control rod was separated from the carburetor.
Factual narrative
On June 7, 2002, approximately 1740 central daylight time, a Cessna 150 single-engine airplane, N6249R, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain during a forced landing following a partial loss of engine power near Forth Worth, Texas. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91personal flight. The flight originated from Hicks Airfield Airport, Fort Worth, at 1735.
According to the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2), the pilot had just taken off and was climbing out "when the engine started to lose some rpm." The engine continued to make 2,300 to 2,400 rpm and the airplane was climbing. The pilot stated the airplane climbed straight for a couple of hundred feet, then he turned crosswind. He was hoping to "make it around the pattern and land." He then reported "I turned downwind and was not climbing anymore, and there was a pretty good looking field and the rpm was dropping, so I opted to put down in that field." The airplane touched down, impacted a "hidden berm," bounced, then impacted the terrain a second time before coming to rest in an upright position.
According to an FAA inspector, who responded to the accident site, the nose gear was folded aft, the engine mount was damaged, and the firewall sustained structural damage. The inspector also reported that the mixture control rod was found separated from the carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6249R
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061549
- Airframe hours
- 5,678
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas W. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 2002 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- T67 · Forth Worth, 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
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 313 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Observed at
- AFW, 6 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 10, 2002, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 419 KB in all.
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 N6249R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.