- Date
- January 4, 1992, 13:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fresno, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N10828Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920104000159A
- Case key
- 27531
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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Probable cause
The improper major repair of the carburetor heat control by unidentified persons that resulted the failure of the air intake distribution system and the loss of engine power.
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.
Analysis
After takeoff from a touch and go landing the pilot reported that the engine lost power. The airplane entered a emergency descent and collided with some electrical wires before crashing onto a street off the airport. An examination of the carburetor air intake housing after the accident disclosed that the valve plate had been improperly installed by unidentified persons and had broken from the valve plate control shaft. The loose plate in the air intake housing would have the capability of reducing cold air to the carburetor and thus reducing power from the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10828
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075068
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wingate, Terry
- Registered owner
- Wingate, Terry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.