- Date
- July 29, 1991, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Hitchcock, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8585JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910729030529A
- Case key
- 23373
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Probable cause
A power loss for undetermined reasons and the pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during the forced landing. Factors were the pilot's continued operation with a known engine deficiency and the owner/operator's failure to perform needed maintenance.
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 commercial pilot upon renting a Cessna 150G, was advised by the owner that the airplane required the mixture to be leaned in order to run smoothly. Upon departure, utilizing a leaned mixture, the airplane began to run rough and the pilot elected to conduct a precautionary landing. A second pre-flight was performed and a departure was commenced from the grass airstrip. At approximately 1800 feet down the 2,600 foot airstrip, at an approximate altitude of 25 feet, a power loss occurred and the airplane subsequently collided with the terrain. Performance data indicates that the total distance to clear a 50 foot obstacle, given the existing conditions, was 1,625 feet. The pilot attempted to lower the nose to land but was too slow to maintain control of the airplane's landing attitude. Elevation was 20 feet MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8585J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066485
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Avtex Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SPX · League City, TX
- Airport
- 37R · Hitchcock
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,035 total · 70 in this make and model · 928 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.