Cessna A150K N8409M

Summary

On 31 August 1985 at about 21:16 local time, a Cessna A150K registered N8409M, operated by Raymond C. White, was involved in an accident near Avalon, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 August 1985 at 21:16

Classification

Accident

Location

Avalon, California, United States

Coordinates

33.3803, -118.4497

Aircraft

Cessna A150K

Registration

N8409M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Raymond C. White

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Diego → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85LA377

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

THE PLT SAID THE OPERATION WAS ABOUT 4 AND 1/2 HOURS INTO A COMMERCIAL FISH SPOTTING FLT WHEN THE ENGINE 'BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, THEN QUIT ALTOGETHER.' ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE PLT COMPLETED A POWER-OFF DITCHING AT SEA. HE AND THE PSGR, WHO WAS ALSO AN EXPERIENCED PLT, SAID 'THE ENGINE STOPPED ABRUPTLY AFTER SOME INTERNAL NOISE. THE PROP DID NOT WINDMILL . . . THE STARTER WOULD NOT TURN THE PROPELLER.' AFTER DITCHING, THE ACFT SANK IN ABOUT 300 TO 400 FT OF WATER AND WAS NOT RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.