- Date
- April 4, 1988, 17:20 local (Apr 5, 1988, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Pine Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18136Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880404007789A
- Case key
- 25981
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Probable cause
Failure of the number one connecting rod bearing. Contributing to this accident was the student pilot's relative inexperience and his inability to judge the glide ratio of the airplane and completing a forced landing in unsuitable terrain.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18136
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-73813
- Airframe hours
- 4,865
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles Farrar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- SDM · San Diego, CA
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 127 total · 8 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.