- Date
- September 1, 1985, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stuttgart, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N18604Cessna 150-L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850901042179A
- Case key
- 34024
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
Loss of engine power
Weather condition - carburetor icing conditionsFactor
Carburetor heat - improper use ofCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated that just after takeoff, he lost engine power and when the airplane was landed in a rough soy-bean field, it nosed over to the inverted position. The engine and fuel systems were inspected by an FAA inspector. No reason for the power loss could be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18604
- Reported as
- Cessna 150-L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073979
- Airframe hours
- 3,837
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flight Maintenance Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Destination
- MO7 · Searcy, AR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 697 total · 52 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBF, 26 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.