# NTSB FTW83FA092: Cessna 150, N45528, Midland, TX, January 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 15, 1983, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Midland, TX
- Coordinates: 31.99051, -102.079673 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9905&lon=-102.0797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20696
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83FA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20696/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FA092

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,connecting rod - binding(mechanical) (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, other person (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE LANDING WAS MADE OFF ARPT IN A COTTON FIELDTHE NOSE GEAR DUG IN AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE ENGINE WAS TORN DOWN AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE #3 CONNECTING ROD BOLTS HAD SEPARATED AND THE ROD LOCKED UP THE ENGINE. ONE OF THE OWNERS HAD RECENTLY INSTALLED A NEW CYLINDER IN THE ENGINE AND HE SAID HE MIGHT NOT HAVE REMOVED ALL THE BUFFING COMPOUND USED TO REMOVE THE GLAZE ON THE CYLINDER BORE. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED IN THE ENGINE OR AIRFRAME.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N45528](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45528-1984-10-22), registration cancelled 1984-10-22, S/N 15076960, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15076960
- Airframe hours: 1549
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Tech Flyers Inc.
- Registered owner: George P. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 23, 1982, 57 hours before
- Departed: SJT, SAN ANGELO, TX
- Destination: MAF, MIDLAND, TX
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 77 total, 77 in this make and model, 33 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830115000969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830115000969A), Jan 15, 1983: Cessna 150M, Midland, TX, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing in plowed field after engine connecting rod bolts separated.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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