Cessna 150 N6440T

Summary

On 18 July 1982 at about 18:55 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N6440T, operated by James Carmon Cole, was involved in an accident near Englewood, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 July 1982 at 18:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Englewood, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N6440T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James Carmon Cole

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sarasota → Sarasota

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA82DA159

Nobody was injured.

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

AS THE PILOT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH ABOUT 700 FT MSL, HE OBSERVED A PERSON ON THE BEACH WAVING AT HIS AIRCRAFT. HE THOUGHT THE PERSON WAS SOMEONE HE KNEW SO HAD MADE A DESCENDING TURN TO 500 FT TO TAKE A BETTER LOOK. WHEN HE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE WRONG PERSON, HE INITIATED A CLIMB. AS HE ADVANCED THE THROTTLE, THE ENGINE RESPONDED MOMENTARILY, THEN LOST POWER. HE MANEUVERED TO LAND ON THE BEACH. HOWEVER, THE BEACH WAS TOO CROWDED, SO HE DITCHED IN THE OCEAN. HE STATED THAT HE USED NO CARBURETOR HEAT SINCE HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH FLYING THE PIPER PA-28, WHICH ACCORDING TO HIM, REQUIRED NO CARBURETOR HEAT DURING LOW POWER SETTINGS. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE TO CARBURETOR ICE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.