- Date
- March 26, 1990, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ankeny, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2254JCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900326005779A
- Case key
- 34951
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Probable cause
Fuel contamination and inadequate aircraft preflight by the pilot in command.
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 pvt pilot said that he had just departed runway 35 and had turned crosswind, when the engine began to sputter. He made a turn to return to the airstrip and land on runway 17, but the engine lost power, completely. Unable to reach the pvt airstrip, an emergency landing was made in a fallow corn field, which resulted in a nose over. A post-accident investigation revealed the fuel was contaminated with water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2254J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-65454
- Airframe hours
- 3,856
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Todd'S Flying Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- Todd'S Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1990 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- Y42
- Destination
- 0Y7 · Lamoni, IA
- Airport
- Y42 · Todd Field, runway 17, 2,600 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM, 10 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.