# NTSB MIA86FA146: Cessna 150F, N8268S, Pembroke Pines, FL, May 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 3, 1986, 20:41 local (May 4, 1986, 00:41 UTC)
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Coordinates: 25.990518, -80.219085 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9905&lon=-80.2191&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31500
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86FA146
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31500/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86FA146

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Loss of control - in flight, descent - emergency
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

A WITNESS STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING IN HIS FRONT YARD WHEN HE HEARD AN ACFT ENG SPUTTER & THEN COMPLETELY QUIT. HE LOOKED UP & SAW THE LIGHTS OF THE ACFT DISAPPEAR BEHIND TREES, & MOMENTS LATER, HE HEARD THE ACFT CRASH. A POST CRASH EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT IT HAD IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN, RGT WING LOW ATTITUDE & WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. NO USABLE FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. ALSO, NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE/MALFUNCTION WAS FND CONCERNING THE ACFT'S STRUCTURE, FLT CONTROL SYS OR POWER PLANT. A TOXICOLOGY CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD REVEALED AN ALCOHOL LVL OF 0.10%. THE ACDNT OCCURRED AFTER DARK, APRX 26 MIN AFTER THE PLT TOOK OFF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8268S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8268S-2013-09-10), registration cancelled 2013-09-10, S/N 15061868, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061868
- Airframe hours: 3368
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Stephen R.Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: FLL, FT. LAUDERDALE, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, invalid medical for flight; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 268 total, 268 in this make and model, 229 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FLL, 15 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 19860503021039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860503021039A), May 3, 1986: Cessna 150F, Pembroke Pines, FL, Destroyed. Struck trees and ground in nose down attitude after engine quit. Unpopulated unlit area. Fuel exhaustion.

## Other investigations on N8268S (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA67F0353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67F0353), Jan 24, 1967: Cessna 150 (N8268S), Opa Locka, FL, substantial damage

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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