Cessna 150H N22474

Summary

On 12 June 1996 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 150H registered N22474 was involved in an accident near Angels Camp, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 June 1996 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Angels Camp, California, United States

Coordinates

38.0407, -120.6097

Aircraft

Cessna 150H

Registration

N22474

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX96LA225

Nobody was injured.

The attempt by the pilot to operate the aircraft with a float known to be leaking. A factor was the pilot's lack of experience in the operation of float equipped aircraft.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The right-hand float of the rented float plane dug into the water and the aircraft nosed over on the 45th landing since the float was last pumped out. The float had required 330 strokes of the bilge pump to empty it. Postaccident inspection of the right float revealed two holes in the float that apparently were made the previous day. The pilot, who had received his float plane rating 10 days prior, reported that this was the only float plane he had ever flown, and that it was routine during his training to pump this float 80 strokes during preflight. When the float required 330 strokes on the morning of the accident, he thought this unusual, but decided to continue flying it after considering the normal number of pumps required, the number of landings the previous day, and the fact that the aircraft had been parked on the water overnight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.