# NTSB SEA86LA237: Cessna 150L, N18079, Kent, WA, September 3, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 2, 1986, 20:10 local (Sep 3, 1986, 03:10 UTC)
- Place: Kent, WA
- Location: 47.3809° N, 122.2348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kent, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3809&lon=-122.2348&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): 40495
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA237
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40495/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA237

## Analysis

DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT A PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED DUE TO THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE AT THE CARBURETOR END BECOMING LOOSE. DURING FORCED LANDING ON A FIELD, TWO RAILROAD TIES, ON A DIRT PILE, WERE STRUCK. IT WAS DUSK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, cruise
  - mixture control,cable - loose (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N18079](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18079-2014-09-10), registration cancelled 2014-09-10, S/N 15073779, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073779
- Airframe hours: 2059
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Frank Abel
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 2, 1986
- Departed: BFI, SEATTLE, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 1,027 total, 390 in this make and model, 802 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19860902082279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860902082279A), Sep 2, 1986: Cessna 150L, Kent, WA, Substantial damage. The engine lost power and the aircraft struck railroad tracks during landing. Mixture control cable clamp loose.

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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