- Date
- November 10, 1988, 21:15 local (Nov 11, 1988, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Gladewater, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N16135Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881110053919A
- Case key
- 22812
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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 pilot was returning home from a personal night cross-country flight when the engine stopped producing power. The pilot attempted to glide to the home airport but was unable and had to accept a forced landing on a railroad track. During the final approach, one wing impacted a tree but the pilot was able to hold the airplane straight and landed on the tracks. During an interview between the pilot and an FAA aviation safety inspector, the pilot stated he had noticed the indicated fuel quantity in the tanks had decreased more rapidly on this leg of the flight. The inspector found the primer unlocked, with the plunger extended approximately 1/2 inch. An entry in the airplane logbook indicated an 'o' ring had been replaced in the primer, prior to the first leg of this flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16135
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073502
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Misty B. Corporation
- Registered owner
- Tejas Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3F7 · Bristow, OK
- Destination
- O7F
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 07F · Municipal, runway 13, 3,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 244 total · 13 in this make and model · 114 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.