# NTSB MIA86LA194: Cessna 150M, N714MT, Opa Locka, FL, June 28, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1986, 12:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Coordinates: 25.910608, -80.269393 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9106&lon=-80.2694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31662
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31662/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA194

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

THE INSTRUCTOR PLT STATED THAT ON TAKEOFF JUST AS HE TURNED HIS CROSSWIND LEG, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND HE TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT, LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES, THEREFORE NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE AS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N714MT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15079287
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Clark Aircraft,Inc.
- Registered owner: Palmetoo Sales & Leasing Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 22, 1986
- Airport: OPF, Opalocka, runway 9, 3,503 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 5,950 total, 1,570 in this make and model, 5,635 as pilot in command, 170 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MIA, 6 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 19860628030619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860628030619A), Jun 28, 1986: Cessna 150M, Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Engine lost power during crosswind turn in pattern. Flipped over short of runway. No engine discrepancies found.

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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