- Date
- January 19, 1988, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Port Angeles, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9894JCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40772
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
During cruise the pilot noticed a gradual loss of RPM. Carburetor heat was applied but the pilot stated that he noted no improvement in the engine power. The power loss continued to deteriorate so a landing was made onto a rough field where the nose gear collapsed during the landing roll. Examination of the aircraft and engine by a mechanic revealed the carburetor heat control jammed in the cold position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9894J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500703
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Christopher Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, WA
- Destination
- CLM · Port Angeles, WA
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 165 total · 59 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F