- Date
- January 2, 1986, 18:12 local (23:12 UTC)
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7692GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860102012669A
- Case key
- 31563
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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 plt stated that while enroute to ft. lauderdale executive arpt his eng began to run rough. He made a forced landing in a field & on landing rollout, the nose gear collapsed. Post crash examination of the eng revealed that the #1 intake valve was stuck in the open position causing the partial loss of power experienced by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7692G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074718
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Spencer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1985
- Departed
- FXE · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- LNA · Lantana, 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 250 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL, 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.