- Date
- February 8, 1992, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Stuart, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9286UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920208002409A
- Case key
- 33062
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing.
Analysis
Before the accident flt, the fuel tanks were filled & the acft was flown for 1.2 hrs, uneventfully. The accident flt student preflighted the acft & he & the CFI departed for an instructional flt. After climbing from 1,500 to 2,000 ft, the CFI stated that the eng RPM dropped to 1,000, & the eng began to run rough. The CFI ditched the acft offshore. The acft was recovered & according to the insurance adjuster, the throttle & mixture controls were attached to the carb. Valve continuity & compression in all cylinders was verified. Fuel quantity was sufficient to sustain eng operation. No determination could be made as to the reason for the loss of eng power.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9286U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078236
- Airframe hours
- 2,556
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flight Training International
- Registered owner
- Airplane Investments, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 27, 1992 · 15 hours before
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,358 total · 243 in this make and model · 1,284 as pilot in command · 285 in the last 90 days · 87 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.