# NTSB MIA87LA252: Cessna 150M, N704HB, Belle Glade, FL, September 23, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 23, 1987, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Belle Glade, FL
- Coordinates: 26.679176, -80.670837 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6792&lon=-80.6708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31967
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA252
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31967/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA252

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - carburetor heat - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system,carburetor - ice (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT STATED HE WAS EN ROUTE ALONG THE HILLSBOROUGH CANAL WHEN HE ENCTRD A RAIN SHOWER & RETARDED THE POWER TO 2000 RPM TO DSCND. HE STATED THAT CARB ICE FORMED & THE ENG LOST POWER. HE MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A DIKE. HOWEVER, AS THE ACFT WAS ROLLING OUT, IT ENCTRD A X-WIND & SLID OFF THE SIDE OF THE DIKE & WAS DAMAGED. ACCORDING TO PERFORMANCE CHARTS, THE TEMP & DEW POINT (85 & 75 DEG, RESPECTIVELY) WERE CONDUCIVE TO CARB ICE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704HB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704HB), registered now, S/N 15078614, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078614
- Airframe hours: 4320
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Dunn And Herring Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner: Anita S Dunn
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 25, 1987, 73 hours before
- Departed: PHK, PAHOKEE, FL
- Destination: FXE, FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 17 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 30 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 19870923059109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870923059109A), Sep 23, 1987: Cessna 150M, Belle Glade, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Landed on a dyke. Wind forced plane off dyke into mucky field. Student failed to use carb 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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