- Date
- August 30, 1988, 19:00 local (Aug 31, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6474FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880830036299A
- Case key
- 22461
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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.
Analysis
The student pilot had just returned to flying after an extended time. During the approach he failed to add carburetor heat and the engine failed when power was added. Automotive fuel was being used in the aircraft but the STC had not been complied with.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6474F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063074
- Airframe hours
- 6,111
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jimike Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 2, 1988 · 30 hours before
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWA, 9 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.