- Date
- June 5, 1990, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8175VCessna A150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900605018519A
- Case key
- 41205
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The fuel starvation caused by carburetor contaminants blocking the accelerator pump inlet check valve assembly and main nozzle assembly.
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
N8175V was substantially damaged during roll-out after an emergency landing. When the carburetor was disassembled, a small rust-ball was found in the carburetor cavity below the main nozzle assembly, and the coil spring component of the accelerator pump plunger assembly was determined to be disintegrated and corroded.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8175V
- Reported as
- Cessna A150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500555
- Airframe hours
- 3,109
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Flight Executive Services
- Registered owner
- Aero Flight Executive Svc. Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 19, 1990 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- BFI · Boeing Field
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 735 total · 331 in this make and model · 664 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 54 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.