ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243840
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| Date: | Sunday 11 October 2020 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150H |
| Owner/operator: | Dk Futures LLC |
| Registration: | N22963 |
| MSN: | 15068646 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Eastern Sierra Regional Airport (BIH/KBIH), Inyo County, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bishop Airport, CA (BIH/KBIH) |
| Bishop, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, while on final approach he was high, so he reduced power, extended 10o of flaps and entered a slip while he applied carburetor heat. Shortly thereafter the engine lost power. The pilot unsuccessfully attempted an engine restart. The pilot then made a turn to an aera that he thought was suitable for landing. The airplane landed hard and subsequently came to rest inverted, substantially damaging the vertical stabilizer and horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported that he mistakenly pulled the mixture control rather than carburetor heat. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to the pilot's inadvertent closure of the mixture control which starved the engine of fuel and resulted in a hard landing and collision with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR21LA012
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2020 02:04 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 14-Oct-2020 06:26 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Destination airport, Source] |
| 07-Jul-2022 18:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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