- Date
- February 7, 1987, 09:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place
- Downingtown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66270Cessna 150C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870207002339A
- Case key
- 30597
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - snow coveredFactor
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
Analysis
A precautionary landing was made in a snow covered level field due to a loss of power for unknown reasons. The aircraft was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66270
- Reported as
- Cessna 150C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075968
- Airframe hours
- 8,254
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bob Shannon, doing business as Shannon Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- Shannon Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- N25 · Downingtown, PA
N66270Registration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 59 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.