- Date
- March 9, 1985, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Onalaska, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4767XCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850309008499A
- Case key
- 21695
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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.
Loss of engine power
Engine assembly - failure,total
Engine assembly - undetermined
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition
Ifr procedure - improperCause
Object - utility pole
Analysis
Pilot anderson was on a business type flight. He stated he lost engine power and attempted to make a forced landing. He was unable to land and collided with a electric pole then a porch railing and flipped inverted. Cause of loss of engine power not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4767X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064817
- Airframe hours
- 3,927
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Burrows Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1985 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- 09R · Woodville, TX
- Destination
- OOR · Livingston, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,392 total · 40 in this make and model · 3,567 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.