Plane Crash List

Cessna 150L N11842

16 December 1986 · Homestead, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 December 1986 at about 18:47 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N11842, operated by Gary van Florcke, was involved in an accident near Homestead, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 18:47
Classification
Accident
Location
Homestead, Florida, United States
Coordinates
25.4892, -80.5098
Aircraft
Cessna 150L
Registration
N11842
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Gary van Florcke
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Marathon → Ft.lauderdale
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MIA87LA051

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

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 PLT EXPERIENCED A SLOW DECELERATION OF ENG RPM FOLLOWED BY A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE ENG COULD NOT BE RESTARTED AND A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE. POST ACCIDENT EXAM OF THE ENG, ENG ACCESSORIES, AND AIRFRAME FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED NO EVIDENCE TO INDICATE PRECRASH MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFTS WING TANKS AND CARBURETOR. THE ICING PROBABILITY CHART REVEALED THE ACFT WAS OPERATING IN CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO VISIBLE ICING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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