Cessna 150F N828OS

Summary

On 5 June 1983 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N828OS was involved in an accident near Porterville, California, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 June 1983 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Porterville, California, United States

Coordinates

35.9609, -118.9192

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N828OS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Coalinga → Porterville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA285

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING AN OFF ARPT FORCED LANDING AFTER POWER LOSS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE IN FLT CRUISE AT3500 FT MSL WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. FULL CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED AND POWER INCREASED AFTER 5 SECONDS FROM 700 RPM TO 2500 RPM. THE PILOT THEN SET THE CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL AT 20 PERCENT OF ITS LENGTH PULLED OUT. THE OAT WAS 62 DEGREES F. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. THE CARBURETOR HEAT WAS PLACED FULL ON BUT POWER WAS NOT RESTORED. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A CORN FIELD. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE ENGINE WAS EXAMINED AND NO DISCREPANCIES OR MALFUNCTIONS NOTED. WHEN THE POWER LOSSES OCCURRED THE ACFT WAS OPERATING IN CONDITIONS WHICH ARE KNOWN TO BE FAVORABLE TO THE FORMATION OF INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.