# NTSB NYC86LA165: Cessna 150E, N4067U, Hammondsport, NY, June 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1986, 12:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: Hammondsport, NY
- Coordinates: 42.40047, -77.220199 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4005&lon=-77.2202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30369
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA165
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30369/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA165

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - mixture - inadvertent deactivation, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, approach
  - terrain condition - high terrain (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE ON FINAL APCH OVER HIGH TERRAIN EAST OF THE ARPT, THE PLT INADVERTENTLY PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL WHEN HE INTENDED TO APPLY CARBURETOR HEAT. THE ENG STOPPED RUNNING & THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN A RESTART BEFORE THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES. THE ACFT CAME TO REST WITH THE WINGS WEDGED IN THE TREES, SUSPENDED JUST ABOVE THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4067U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4067U-1989-07-12), registration cancelled 1989-07-12, S/N 15061467 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061467
- Airframe hours: 1033
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gerald J. Klein
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, May 14, 1986
- Departed: 7GO, BROCKPORT, NY
- Airport: Pleasant Valley, runway 24, 1,800 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 144 total, 144 in this make and model, 95 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860629028279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860629028279A), Jun 29, 1986: Cessna 150E, Hammondsport, NY, Substantial damage. The pilot attempted to actuate carburetor heat but inadvertently pulled mixture control to cutoff position on final

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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