# NTSB SEA86LA083: Cessna 150K, N6355G, Las Vegas, NV, March 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1986, 16:00 local (Mar 27, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Coordinates: 36.060188, -115.270759 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0602&lon=-115.2708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40372
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40372/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA083

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - contamination (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6355G-1988-07-09), registration cancelled 1988-07-09, S/N 15071855 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071855
- Airframe hours: 5989
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860326011049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860326011049A), Mar 26, 1986: Cessna 150K, Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Loss of power during descent. Flipped over during off airport landing. Water found in the fuel.

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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