- Date
- March 19, 1991, 08:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10629Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910319006109A
- Case key
- 32835
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to inadvertent use of the mixture control by the student, inadequate supervision by the CFI, and delayed remedial action by the CFI resulting in the off airport landing.
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 CFI pulled the throttle to idle to simulate an eng failure but during the emergency procedures, the student pulled the mixture to the idle cutoff position. The CFI did not notice this until the eng did not respond when the student applied the throttle to go-around. At that time the acft was just above sawgrass & the CFI pushed the mixture to the full rich position & the eng did start but not before the main landing gear contacted the sawgrass.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10629
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074933
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Adf Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Silver Express Avn Co.
- Departed
- TMB · Miami, 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 26 in this make and model · 260 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.