- Date
- October 24, 1992, 11:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Enterprise, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N16221Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921024043219A
- Case key
- 42954
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
Poor in-flight planning/preparation. A factor to the accident was: improper use of the mixture.
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
At the end of the flight, the pilot reported that he entered the pattern for the runway. Carb heat was applied while on downwind. As the airplane was turning to the base leg, the engine quit. The pilot was unable to restart the engine and the airplane touched down apprx 50 feet short of the runway. During the landing roll, the airplane collided with a fence. After the accident, the pilot stated to an individual at the airport, that he had leaned the mixture for a high altitude airport. Post-crash inspection revealed that when started, the engine ran normal at idle power for a short period, then was shut down due to a bent propeller blade. There were no noted mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16221
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073553
- Airframe hours
- 6,808
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mill Plane Flying Svc
- Registered owner
- Mill Plane Flying Svc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 5, 1992 · 102 hours before
- Departed
- TTD · Troutdale, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 8S4 · Enterprise, runway 3, 2,833 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 72 in this make and model · 53 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.