Cessna 150M N202CR

Summary

On 6 May 1987 at about 14:40 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N202CR was involved in an accident near San Juan. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 May 1987 at 14:40

Classification

Accident

Location

San Juan

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N202CR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Juan → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA87FA157

2 people were seriously 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 STATED THAT HE PERFORMED HIS RUN UP CHECK WITH 'NORMAL RESULTS.' TEN DEGREES OF FLAPS WERE SET FOR A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF, & DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, 'THE AIRCRAFT RAN NORMAL.' AT APRX 55 MPH 'THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE GROUND AND IMMEDIATELY IT SETTLED DOWN & FINALLY GOT AIRBORNE'. HE THEN MAINTAINED 55 TO 60 MPH & AT APPROX 150 FT. 'THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT WANT TO CLIMB ANY FURTHER'. HE THEN STATED THAT THE THROTTLE, MIXTURE AND CARBURETOR HEAT WERE FULL IN AND HE LOOKED AT THE ENGINE GAUGES AND THE NEEDLE WAS 2000 TO 2100 RPM, 'WITH SLIGHT FLUCTUATIONS BETWEEN THESE NUMBERS', HE THEN CHECKED THE MAGS, BOTH TO LEFT AND RIGHT BUT NO IMPROVEMENT WAS OBTAINED SO HE SWITCHED IT BACK TO BOTH. HE THEN HELD AN AIRSPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT TO TRY TO DITCH IT IN THE LAGOON. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION AS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.