# NTSB SEA07CA161: Cessna 150J, N60020, Honolulu, HI, June 16, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 15, 2007, 17:53 local (Jun 16, 2007, 03:53 UTC) - Place: Honolulu, HI - Coordinates: 21.253334, -157.575561 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.2533&lon=-157.5756&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 30, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 65995 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA161 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65995/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA161 ## Probable cause The total loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, cruise - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) - Ditching, emergency descent/landing - terrain condition - water - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor) ## Analysis The active duty military pilot rented the airplane, while on leave, for a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii, to the island of Maui, and return. He received a checkout flight (1.2 hours) in the aircraft the day before. The pilot topped off the fuel tanks, which gave him 22.5 gallons useable, before the flight. The flight over was uneventful, but on his return flight, he lost total engine power at 2,000 feet, approximately 10 nautical miles east of his destination. The pilot described the power loss as follows: "The engine smoothly 'rolled back' in RPM to something less than cruise power as if power was simply reduced. It ran smoothly with no inconsistency for approximately one minute, and then completely stopped." He successfully ditched the aircraft into the Pacific Ocean. The two occupants exited the aircraft with an inflatable raft and were rescued. Air traffic control tower records indicate that the pilot's flight time to Maui was 1 hour, 34 minutes, and his return flight from takeoff to ditching was 45 minutes. The airplane's fuel consumption rate should have been between 6 and 7 gallons per hour. The airplane sank in deep water, and was not recovered. ## Factual narrative The active duty military pilot rented the airplane, while on leave, for a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii, to the island of Maui, and return. He received a checkout flight (1.2 hours) in the aircraft the day before. The pilot topped off the fuel tanks, which gave him 22.5 gallons useable, before the flight. The flight over was uneventful, but on his return flight, he lost total engine power at 2,000 feet, approximately 10 nautical miles east of his destination. The pilot described the power loss as follows: "The engine smoothly 'rolled back' in RPM to something less than cruise power as if power was simply reduced. It ran smoothly with no inconsistency for approximately one minute, and then completely stopped." He successfully ditched the aircraft into the Pacific Ocean. The two occupants exited the aircraft with an inflatable raft and were rescued. Air traffic control tower records indicate that the pilot's flight time to Maui was 1 hour, 34 minutes, and his return flight from takeoff to ditching was 45 minutes. The airplane's fuel consumption rate should have been between 6 and 7 gallons per hour. The airplane sank in deep water, and was not recovered. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N60020](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60020-2009-03-17), registration cancelled 2009-03-17, S/N 15070008, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150J - Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15070008 - Airframe hours: 6507 - Engines: Continental O-200 reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Georges Aviation Services INC. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2007 - Departed: OGG, Kahului, HI - Destination: HNL, Honolulu, HI ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 29; injuries: none; military, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2007; seat: left; flight hours: 1,068 total, 54 in this make and model, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 60° at 15 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 29.89 inHg - Observed at: HNL ## 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 20070615013369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070615013369A), Jun 15, 2007: Cessna 150J, Oahu, HI, Destroyed. (-23) Aircraft involved: Cessna, CE-150-J, registration #N60020. This accident occurred on June 15, 2007, southwest of koko head on the island of Oahu at… From the NTSB's public API. 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