# NTSB FTW84LA109: Cessna 150M, N9468U, New Orleans, LA, January 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 7, 1984, 16:36 local (22:36 UTC)
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Coordinates: 29.938892, -90.075032 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9389&lon=-90.0750&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21241
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21241/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA109

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - carburetor heat - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - fuel system,carburetor - ice (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9468U-2013-05-23), registration cancelled 2013-05-23, S/N 15078416, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840107000349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840107000349A), Jan 7, 1984: Cessna 150M, New Orleans, LA, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Crash landed on a city street. Failed to use carburetor heat.

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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