Plane Crash List

Cessna 150L N6589G

22 March 2010 · Lake Alfred, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 March 2010 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N6589G was involved in an accident near Lake Alfred, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 15:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Lake Alfred, Florida, United States
Nearest airport
Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport (GIF)
Coordinates
28.0631, -81.7531
Aircraft
Cessna 150L
Registration
N6589G
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Lake Alfred → Lake Alfred
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ERA10LA184

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

A loss of engine power during the landing approach for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While turning from the base leg to the final leg of the traffic pattern, the airplane's engine lost partial power. The student pilot increased the throttle setting and the engine maintained that power setting for about 20 seconds before losing power completely. The certificated flight instructor assumed authority over the airplane's controls and performed a forced landing to a field near the airport. During the landing roll, the nosewheel encountered rough terrain and the airplane nosed over, coming to rest inverted. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector drained approximately four gallons of fuel from the left wing tank and gascolator at the accident site. A detailed examination of the engine by two FAA inspectors revealed no evidence of any preexisting anomalies or malfunctions. While a review of the carburetor icing probability chart showed that the aircraft was operating in conditions conducive to serious carburetor icing at glide power, the pilots reported using carburetor heat for the approach to land.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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