ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 134973
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| Date: | Friday 15 June 2007 |
| Time: | 17:53 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150J |
| Owner/operator: | Georges Aviation Services Inc |
| Registration: | N60020 |
| MSN: | 150-70008 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6507 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sea near Honolulu, Oahu, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kahului Airport, HI (OGG/PHOG) |
| Honolulu-Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The active duty military pilot rented the airplane, while on leave, for a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii, to the island of Maui, and return. He received a checkout flight (1.2 hours) in the aircraft the day before. The pilot topped off the fuel tanks, which gave him 22.5 gallons useable, before the flight. The flight over was uneventful, but on his return flight, he lost total engine power at 2,000 feet, approximately 10 nautical miles east of his destination. The pilot described the power loss as follows: "The engine smoothly 'rolled back' in RPM to something less than cruise power as if power was simply reduced. It ran smoothly with no inconsistency for approximately one minute, and then completely stopped." He successfully ditched the aircraft into the Pacific Ocean. The two occupants exited the aircraft with an inflatable raft and were rescued. Air traffic control tower records indicate that the pilot's flight time to Maui was 1 hour, 34 minutes, and his return flight from takeoff to ditching was 45 minutes. The airplane's fuel consumption rate should have been between 6 and 7 gallons per hour. The airplane sank in deep water, and was not recovered.
Probable Cause: The total loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20070723X00993&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 04-Dec-2017 18:41 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2023 01:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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