- Date
- November 8, 1988, 10:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Newstead, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50200Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881108050049A
- Case key
- 36331
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Probable cause
Landing in unsuitable terrain following a partial power loss carburetor icing.
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 aircraft was being flown in visible moisture and the induction air filter not installed in the carburetor air box. The eng experienced a partial power loss and the plt made a forced landing on a golf course. The acft struck a tree on final approach and the aircraft descended nose low to impact with the terrain. The aircraft slid approximately 40 yards on wet grass, into a ditch with about 2 feet of water, and flipped over. The pilot reported using carb heat with no effect.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50200
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069130
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James K. Clark
- Registered owner
- James K Clark
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 13, 1987
- Departed
- D77 · Lancaster, NY
- Destination
- 9G3 · Akron, NY
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 370 total · 177 in this make and model · 248 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.