Cessna 150M N704UV

Summary

On 18 May 1985 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N704UV was involved in an accident near Santa Rosa, California, 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 May 1985 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Santa Rosa, California, United States

Nearest airport

Unknown

Coordinates

38.5295, -122.6893

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N704UV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Santa Rosa → Santa Rosa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA85LA119

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

WHILE ON A SHORT LOCAL FLIGHT TO A COSTAL AREA AND RETURN. THE ENGINE LOST SOME POWER. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED BUT NO INCREASE IN POWER WAS NOTED. THE PLT THEN SET UP A GLIDE WITH INTENTIONS OF MAKING A LANDING ONTO THE BEACH AREA. AT ABOUT 500 FEET M.S.L. POWER WAS RESUMED AND THE PLT ELECTED TO CLIMB TO 2,000 FEET M.S.L. WITH THE INTENTIONS OF RETURNING TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. OVER RUGGED TREED TERRAIN A POWER LOSS WAS AGAIN NOTED. APPLICATION OF CARBURETOR HEAT HAD NO EFFECT UPON THE ENGINE. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE INTO TALL HAY. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CARBURETOR AIR HEAT CONTROL LEVER WAS BROKEN WITH THE CONTROL CABLE DISCONNECTED AND THE HOT AIR DOOR JAMMED IN THE COLD POSITION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.