- Date
- June 25, 1985, 19:10 local (Jun 26, 1985, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Rushville, MO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704ZSCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19850625070919A
- Case key
- 33971
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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 the plt departed on a flt, the eng lost power while the acft was cruising at 1800 ft MSL over hilly terrain. The plt reported that the eng speed dropped to 800 RPM & he was unable to correct the situation. During a forced landing on soft terrain, the acft encountered a ditch & nosed over. An exam of the acft revealed that a self locking, NAS679A3, safety nut had separated & the respective bolt had backed out, disconnecting the throttle linkage. The nut had 2569 operational hrs in service & the acft had flown 44 hrs since the last annual inspection. Cessna service letter, se 76-6, dated 4/16/79, recommended that the NAS679A3 nut be replaced by an AN310 castellated nut & cotter pin. As of the date of the accident, no airworthiness directive had been issued to require the change.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704ZS
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079008
- Airframe hours
- 2,569
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Riverbend Aviation
- Registered owner
- Daniel Tate
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 16, 1985 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- K59 · Atchison, KS
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
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 200 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.