- Date
- February 13, 1983, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Nogales, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50586Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830213003669A
- Case key
- 23426
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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 acft nosed over during a forced landing after the engine failed during an instruction flt. The landing was accomplished off arpt about 30 minutes after initial takeoff. The engine had begun to run rough followed by a loss of oil pressure. Then the engine quit and a forced landing was made. When the engine was disassembled after the accident the #2 cylinder piston and wrist pin were found to be shattered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50586
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069415
- Airframe hours
- 5,679
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nathan T. Wilcox
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1982 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- OLS · Nogales, AZ
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
- 70
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,175 total · 1,589 in this make and model · 3,969 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.