- Date
- January 26, 1988, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Diamond Springs, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1706QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880126005229A
- Case key
- 25944
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a dual instructional flt, approaching the airport the engine experienced a total loss of power. The plt made a forced landing in a field where during the landing roll the acft nosed over. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported. The acft had been operating in the range of serious icing at glide power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1706Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150730060
- Airframe hours
- 5,075
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Kingdon Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Polinski, Allan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 20, 1988 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- O20 · Lodi, CA
- Destination
- PVF · Placerville, CA
- Airport
- PVF · Placerville
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 534 total · 28 in this make and model · 534 as pilot in command · 81 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 3 knots, gusting 11
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MHR, 27 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.
Other investigations on N1706Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.