- Date
- December 24, 1987, 12:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Hilo, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3009JCessna 150E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 25928
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Weather condition - carburetor icing conditionsFactor
Carburetor heat - delayedCause
Fuel system,carburetor - iceCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
During a local pleasure flt, while climbing to 5500 feet, the engine sputtered and quit. During the landing roll, the acft nosed over. The engine was examined with no mechanical failures or malfunctions noted. The acft was operating in the range of serious carburetor icing at glide power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3009J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061109
- Airframe hours
- 2,998
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Su L. Reed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1987 · 12 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 946 total · 946 in this make and model · 753 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg