Cessna 150J N50845

Summary

On 4 April 1986 at about 15:48 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N50845 was involved in an accident near Boca Raton, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 April 1986 at 15:48

Classification

Accident

Location

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Coordinates

26.3398, -80.0798

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N50845

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lantana → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA86LA111

1 person had minor injuries.

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 FLT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE ACFT'S ENG WHILE FLYING PARALLEL TO THE BEACH AND THE ACFT WAS DITCHED IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. INSPECTION OF THE ACFT AFTER RECOVERY REVEALED THE FOAM AIR CLEANER HAD BEEN DRAWN INTO THE CARBURETOR AIR BOX AND WAS BLOCKING THE AIR INTAKE TO THE CARBURETOR. THE PLASTIC AIR CLEANER RETAINING STRUCTURE WAS FOUND BROKEN AND APRX 70% OF IT WAS MISSING. A CHECK OF THE ACFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED THE AIR CLEANER WAS INSTALLED IN 1980 AND THAT AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE TO CHANGE THE AIR CLEANER ELEMENT EVERY 12 MONTHS OR 100 HRS WAS NOT COMPLIED WITH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.