- Date
- April 17, 1990, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Two Harbors, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4020JCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900417010129A
- Case key
- 34964
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Probable cause
Pilot factor in that he failed to maintain flying speed.
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 takeoff at about 500 AGL, the pvt pilot said that he experienced a partial power loss. An attempt to land downwind on the rnwy, just departed, was considered, but the plt felt he had excessive altitude, so he flew down wind for landing on the departure end. On final approach, and leveling off for touch down, the acft suddenly pitched nose down and collided with the terrain, short of the runway. The acft skidded about 50 yards, nose down before coming to rest. The airports proximity to the lake, the time of day, and meteorological conditions were conducive for carburetor icing at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4020J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150665320
- Airframe hours
- 5,017
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Calles, Kenneth
- Registered owner
- Cales, Kenneth E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 31, 1990 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- 62Y · Two Harbors, MN
- Airport
- 62Y · Two Harbors, runway 24, 3,301 × 75 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,434 total · 54 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DLH, 30 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.