- Date
- December 27, 1986, 14:14 local (20:14 UTC)
- Place
- Loreauville, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5788ECessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861227083619A
- Case key
- 22312
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - contaminationCause
Aircraft preflight - poorCause
Fluid,fuel - waterCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - open fieldFactor
Analysis
A private pilot substantially damaged his aircraft while attempting a landing in a field following a engine failure due to water contamination in the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5788E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17288
- Airframe hours
- 3,504
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis Bienvenu
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 1986 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- Z3H · Loreauville, LA
- Airport
- 73H · Loreauville
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 106 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFT, 17 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.