- Date
- December 27, 1992, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clint, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N18532Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921227051709A
- Case key
- 18632
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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 maneuvering over a rodeo arena when a loss of engine power occurred. A forced landing was attempted to an open field beyond a grove of pecan trees, resulting in the airplane cartwheeling over rough and uneven terrain. Post accident inspection of the airplane and a complete engine teardown failed to disclose any anomalies that would have prevented normal engine operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18532
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073921
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Olivas, Alfredo, doing business as Olivas Aviation
- Registered owner
- Olivas, Alfredo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1992
- Departed
- E35 · Fabens, TX
- Destination
- E35
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 180 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELP, 50 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.
Other investigations on N18532 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.