# NTSB MIA87LA051: Cessna 150L, N11842, Homestead, FL, December 16, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 16, 1986, 13:47 local (18:47 UTC)
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Coordinates: 25.489234, -80.509796 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4892&lon=-80.5098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31836
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31836/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA051

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - carburetor heat - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system,carburetor - ice (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT EXPERIENCED A SLOW DECELERATION OF ENG RPM FOLLOWED BY A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE ENG COULD NOT BE RESTARTED AND A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE. POST ACCIDENT EXAM OF THE ENG, ENG ACCESSORIES, AND AIRFRAME FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE PRECRASH MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFTS WING TANKS AND CARBURETOR. THE ICING PROBABILITY CHART REVEALED THE ACFT WAS OPERATING IN CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO VISIBLE ICING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11842](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11842-2014-12-22), registration cancelled 2014-12-22, S/N 15075668, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075668
- Airframe hours: 2644
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Gary Van Florcke, doing business as Universal Aviation Ser.,Inc.
- Registered owner: Bruce A. Alpert
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1986, 14 hours before
- Departed: MTH, MARATHON, FL
- Destination: FXE, FT.LAUDERDALE, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 49 total, 43 in this make and model, 22 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TMB, 5 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 19861216072379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861216072379A), Dec 16, 1986: Cessna 150L, Homestead, FL, Substantial damage. The engine lost power and the aircraft flipped over on landing in a swamp. The student did not use carburetor heat.

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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