# NTSB MIA85FA028: Cessna 150, N6867G, Orlando, FL, November 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 9, 1984, 08:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Coordinates: 28.460037, -81.390144 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4600&lon=-81.3901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31209
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85FA028
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31209/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA028

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fuel system,vent - blocked(total) (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6867G-1985-04-16), registration cancelled 1985-04-16, S/N 15072367 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15072367
- Airframe hours: 2364
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841109061489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841109061489A), Nov 9, 1984: Cessna 150L, Orlando, FL, Destroyed. Fuel vent tube plugged with mud, fuel starvation. Vented fuel caps not working properly. Hit mound on golf course.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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