Cessna 150H N6417S

Summary

On 27 December 1994 at about 14:06 local time, a Cessna 150H registered N6417S was involved in an accident near Monahans, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 December 1994 at 14:06

Classification

Accident

Location

Monahans, Texas, United States

Coordinates

31.5402, -102.8391

Aircraft

Cessna 150H

Registration

N6417S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW95LA074

2 people were seriously injured.

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO USE THE CARBURETOR HEAT AND FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. A FACTOR WAS THE ICING CONDITIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB, 200 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. FOLLOWING THE ONSET OF THE ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE THE PILOT DECREASED POWER INITIALLY AND THEN ADDED FULL POWER TO SUSTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT. DURING THE ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT THE PILOT REALIZED THAT HE WAS LOSING ALTITUDE, SO HE EXECUTED A DESCENDING LEFT TURN IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT LOWERED THE FLAPS TO 20 DEGREES DURING THE DESCENT. DURING THE DESCENT THE PILOT HEARD THE STALL WARNING HORN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND SLID SIDEWAYS INTO A FENCE SURROUNDING A GAS LINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. ACCORDING TO THE CARBURETOR ICING PROBABILITY CHART THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING IN SERIOUS ICING CONDITIONS. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 45 DEGREES AND THE DEW POINT WAS 43 DEGREES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.