# NTSB LAX83FUA05: Cessna 150, N6554S, Long Beach, CA, July 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1983, 18:10 local (Jul 12, 1983, 01:10 UTC)
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Coordinates: 33.809978, -118.17964 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8100&lon=-118.1796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23539
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FUA05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23539/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUA05

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - fuel system,carburetor - blocked(total) (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - wire,transmission

## Analysis

WHILE TURNING DOWNWIND IN A CLOSED PATTERN THE ENG LOST POWER. THE ACFT CRASH LANDED IN A RISIDENTIAL STREET & STRUCK POWER LINES & POLES. A PORTION OF THE SPONGE MATERIAL ATTACHED TO THE CARBURETOR INLET SCREEN HAD BECOME DETACHED & LODGED IN THE THROAT OF THE CARBURETOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6554S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6554S-2013-01-08), registration cancelled 2013-01-08, S/N 15067354, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067354
- Airframe hours: 3822
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Thomas Enyart
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 26, 1983, 47 hours before
- Departed: LGB
- Destination: LGB
- Airport: LGB, Daugherty, runway 25L, 5,420 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: LGB, 2 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830711065149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830711065149A), Jul 11, 1983: Cessna 150H, Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. Engine lost power shortly after takeoff. Crash occurred during emergency landing. Sponge in throat of carburetor.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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