- Date
- February 14, 1994, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean Springs, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10797Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940214002339A
- Case key
- 37494
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for 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
The pilots had just completed a second power off stall and climbed back to 2,500 feet agl when the engine suddenly quit. While making a forced landing on a road the aircraft struck a pole and crashed into a swamp. After the accident the airframe and engine fuel systems were found to contain uncontaminated fuel. The engine was placed on a test stand and operated to full power with no evidence of failure or malfunction. Icing probability charts indicate the aircraft was operating in conditions conducive to serious carburetor icing at cruise power.
Factual narrative
On February 14, 1994, about 1745 central standard time, a Cessna 150L, N10797, registered to Romac, Inc., collided with a pole while making a forced landing on a road near Ocean Springs, Mississippi, while on a 14 CFR Part 91, instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the commercial-rated flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The flight originated at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on February 14, 1994, at 1730.
The flight instructor stated they had just completed a second power off stall and climbed back to the originating altitude of 2,500 feet when the engine failed suddenly. While attempting a forced landing on a road the left wing contacted a power pole and the aircraft descended uncontrolled and came to rest in a marsh adjacent to the road.
Postcrash examination of the aircraft and engine by FAA inspectors indicated the airframe and engine fuel systems contained uncontaminated fuel. The engine was placed on a test stand and operated to full power with no malfunctions. Review of carburetor icing probability charts indicated the aircraft was operating in conditions conducive to serious icing at cruise power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10797
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075048
- Airframe hours
- 6,808
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Romac, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 31, 1993 · 20 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
- 41
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 709 total · 187 in this make and model · 563 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIX, 15 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.
Other investigations on N10797 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.