- Date
- March 26, 1986, 16:00 local (Mar 27, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6355GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860326011049A
- Case key
- 40372
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
While on final VFR approach to landing, total loss of power occurred. Acft landed short on rough terrain, collapsing the nose landing gear, and acft nosed over. Investigation found a quart of water in the fuel system. Acft had been parked outside three days prior in heavy rain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6355G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071855
- Airframe hours
- 5,989
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack B. Mills
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- HHR · Hawthorne, CA
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- LAS · Mccarren International, runway 7, 12,636 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 6 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 2 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.