- Date
- April 4, 1986, 10:48 local (15:48 UTC)
- Place
- Boca Raton, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50845Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860404040569A
- Case key
- 31595
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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 flt experienced a failure of the acft's eng while flying parallel to the beach and the acft was ditched in the atlantic ocean. Inspection of the acft after recovery revealed the foam air cleaner had been drawn into the carburetor air box and was blocking the air intake to the carburetor. The plastic air cleaner retaining structure was found broken and aprx 70% of it was missing. A check of the acft maintenance records revealed the air cleaner was installed in 1980 and that an airworthiness directive to change the air cleaner element every 12 months or 100 hrs was not complied with.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50845
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069591
- Airframe hours
- 6,332
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John C. Calhoun
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1985 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- 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
- 61
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 13 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 11 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 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.