ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362743
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| Date: | Saturday 24 October 1992 |
| Time: | 12:35 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150L |
| Owner/operator: | Mill Plane Flying Svc |
| Registration: | N16221 |
| MSN: | 15073553 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6808 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Enterprise, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Troutdale, OR (KTTD) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
AT THE END OF THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR THE RUNWAY. CARB HEAT WAS APPLIED WHILE ON DOWNWIND. AS THE AIRPLANE WAS TURNING TO THE BASE LEG, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN APPRX 50 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A FENCE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT STATED TO AN INDIVIDUAL AT THE AIRPORT, THAT HE HAD LEANED THE MIXTURE FOR A HIGH ALTITUDE AIRPORT. POST-CRASH INSPECTION REVEALED THAT WHEN STARTED, THE ENGINE RAN NORMAL AT IDLE POWER FOR A SHORT PERIOD, THEN WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO A BENT PROPELLER BLADE. THERE WERE NO NOTED MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS.
Probable Cause: POOR IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: IMPROPER USE OF THE MIXTURE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA93LA011
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 09:49 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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