- Date
- August 9, 1991, 10:49 local (14:49 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5396QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910809033179A
- Case key
- 32912
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Probable cause
A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and a lack of suitable terrain for a forced 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
While on final approach the plt added power after realizing that the flt was low but the eng did not respond. During the forced landing the acft collided with trees then the ground. Fuel quantity was sufficient. The carburetor heat control was on when examined after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5396Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073296
- Airframe hours
- 6,887
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Crystal Aero Group, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Crystal Aero Group, Inc.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 8, 1991 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- X31 · Crystal River, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GNV · Gainesville Regional
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 34 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 1 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.