- Date
- February 7, 1991, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- La Belle, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2481JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910207001959A
- Case key
- 32819
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons.
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
Shortly after takeoff at an alt of about 100 ft AGL, the eng lost all power. During the attempted forced landing in a field, the acft collided with trees. The eng operated normally during the post accident eng run. No determination could be made as to the reason for the total loss of eng power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2481J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065581
- Engine
- Continental 0200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eleyet, Charles R
- Registered owner
- Eleyet, Charles R
- Airport
- X14 · La Belle Municipal, runway 14, 3,810 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 25 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.