- Date
- July 3, 1983, 20:15 local (Jul 4, 1983, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Islamorada, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11539Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830703027859A
- Case key
- 30790
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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.
Analysis
The eng quit at about 1,000 ft AGL. Eng restart was unsuccessful & the acft ditched. Tests indicated that the fuel was regular automotive leaded fuel with a motor octane number of 87.3. The logbooks showed that the STC for use of automotive fuel had not been accomplished.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11539
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075501
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joy B. Carter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1982
- Departed
- Tavernier, FL
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,300 total · 120 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 68° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Observed at
- USGC, 10 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.