- Date
- November 9, 1984, 08:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6867GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841109061489A
- Case key
- 31209
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt the eng failed while flying at aprx 1500 ft AGL. During the forced landing the acft struck the crown of a sand trap on a golf course in a left wing low, nose low attitude and boumced aprx 60 ft before comming to rest inverted. Post crash inspection of the acft revealed foreign matter resembling dried mud commonly associated with mud dobber bees in the fuel tank vent tube located under the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6867G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072367
- Airframe hours
- 2,364
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dorothy A. Parsons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1984 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- ISM · Kissimmee, FL
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 791 total · 666 in this make and model · 717 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 0RL, 4 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.