# NTSB LAX86LA139: Cessna A150K, N8467M, Hanakuli, HI, March 13, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 12, 1986, 15:50 local (Mar 13, 1986, 01:50 UTC)
- Place: Hanakuli, HI
- Coordinates: 21.440975, -158.180007 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.4410&lon=-158.1800&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25091
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA139
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25091/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA139

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fuel system,cap - unlocked (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - water,rough (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS DITCHED IN PACIFIC OCEAN AFTER THE ENG QUIT. RECOVERED INBOARD PORTION OF LEFT WING SHOWED GAS TANK CAP MISSING. THE DITCHING OCCURRED 1 MILE FROM SHORE AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE PICKED UP UNHARMED AFTER 20 MINUTES IN THE WATER. THE PLT SAID THE ENG MADE A SOUND 'LIKE A RUSH OF AIR, A SLIGHT COUGH AND THEN SILENCE.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8467M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8467M-2013-05-14), registration cancelled 2013-05-14, S/N A15000167 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Registry model: [Cessna A150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (registry code 2071824) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A15000167
- Airframe hours: 2211
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Barbers Point Nas Flying Club
- Registered owner: Glennair, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 10, 1985, 58 hours before
- Departed: NAX, BARBERS POINT, HI
- Airport: Nas Barbers P1

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 121 total, 38 in this make and model, 90 as pilot in command, 121 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 17 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: NAX, 8 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 19860312083789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860312083789A), Mar 12, 1986: Cessna A150K, Hanakuli, HI, Destroyed. The engine failed and the aircraft was ditched in a channel. Suspect carburetor icing.

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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