- Date
- May 16, 1995, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Rockport, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22086Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950516048479A
- Case key
- 19421
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to a stuck exhaust valve. The lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing was a factor.
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 reported that as he approached his destination, the engine 'sputtered and choke' and then lost all power. The pilot made a forced landing on a highway bridge impacting two marker posts and structurally damaging one wing spar. Post crash inspection of the engine revealed that the #2 cylinder exhaust valve was stuck open.
Factual narrative
On May 16, 1995, at 1420 central daylight time, a Cessna 150H, N22086, was substantially damaged during a forced landing near Rockport, Texas. The private pilot and his passenger were not injured. The aircraft was being operated by Lufkin Plane Rental, under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated from Angelina County Airport near Lufkin, Texas, at 1135. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross country flight and a flight plan was not filed.
The pilot reported to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector, and on the enclosed Pilot/Operator Report, that as he approached his destination the "engine started to sputter and choke." The pilot reported that he "went through my emergency procedures, checking my mixture, throttle, carb [carburetor] heat, and fuel, 20 seconds had passed and the engine quit." During the landing on a highway bridge, the airplane impacted two marker post resulting in structural damage to a wing spar.
Examination of the engine by the FAA inspector revealed that the #2 cylinder exhaust valve was stuck open.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22086
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068056
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- A. W. Wright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 21, 1994
- Departed
- LFK · Lufkin, TX
- Destination
- 2R8 · Port Aransas, TX
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 148 total · 16 in this make and model · 102 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 21 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRP, 21 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.