- Date
- January 7, 1984, 16:36 local (22:36 UTC)
- Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9468UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840107000349A
- Case key
- 21241
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During arrival, the acft lost power after a descent from 3000 to 2000 ft. at that time, the plt noted that the fuel gages indicated each tank was 1/8 full, but he did not apply carb heat until he was in an emergency descent. He elected to land on a boulevard. During the landing, the left main gear hit the right tail light of a vehicle, the the acft hit a road sidn and a concrete retainder. An exam of the acft revealed fuel was still remaining in both tanks. No mechanical malfunction or failure was found & the eng was run & operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9468U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lionel Keating
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Hattiesburg, LA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NEW · Lakefront, runway 27, 3,094 × 75 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 6 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEW, 4 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.