- Date
- June 25, 1988, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Temple, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8979SCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880625023689A
- Case key
- 22656
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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
After the descent, the pilot applied power and the engine started running rough. The pilot was able to get the engine running at full power within several minutes but it quit completely approximately 3 to 4 miles from the airport. The airplane was landed in tall grass and flipped forward to the inverted position. Inspection indicated fuel in the system but fuel in the filter bowl was contaminated with a fiber material that was stopping the fuel flow. The composite float in the carburetor was also deteriorated and was creating a restriction to the fuel flow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8979S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062279
- Airframe hours
- 3,650
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Maccallon, Douglas S.
- Registered owner
- Mac Callon, Douglas S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 23, 1987
- Departed
- T98 · San Marcos, TX
- Destination
- TPL
- Airport
- TPL · Draughton-Miller
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,226 total · 200 in this make and model · 1,140 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °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.
Other investigations on N8979S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.