# NTSB FTW85LA146: Cessna 150G, N4767X, Onalaska, TX, March 9, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 9, 1985, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Onalaska, TX
- Coordinates: 30.80087, -95.099761 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8009&lon=-95.0998&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21695
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21695/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA146

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, maneuvering
  - engine assembly - failure,total
  - engine assembly - undetermined
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064817
- Airframe hours: 3927
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850309008499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850309008499A), Mar 9, 1985: Cessna 150G, Onalaska, TX, Destroyed. Lost engine power while maneuvering over houses at low altitude. Struck power pole and a porch, then flipped over.

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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