- Date
- September 18, 1983, 13:26 local (20:26 UTC)
- Place
- Venice, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22697Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23509
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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 ditched in the ocean after losing power while towing a banner. The pilot stated that the eng quit while the acft was over land. He turned toward the ocean and managed to start the engine 2 times for a brief period while descending. The propeller stopped before the acft was ditched 50 yards offshore with the banner still attached. The plt swam ashore and the acft was washed ashore by the waves with the assistance of lifeguards. The fuel system was intact with no fuel observed on the water. The fuel system was drained of 4 gallons of fuel. This acft normally has about 3 gallons of unusable fuel aboard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22697
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068455
- Airframe hours
- 3,870
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-EZD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kaal-Heinz Casser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1983 · 429 hours before
- Departed
- SFR · San Fernando, VA
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,080 total · 18 in this make and model · 980 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMO, 2 nm away