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| NTSB Identification: CHI00LA311. |
| Accident occurred Saturday, September 30, 2000 at MICHIGAN CITY, IN |
| Aircraft: Cessna 150H, registration: N50318 |
| Injuries: 2 Uninjured |
| Event: 20001212X21942 Status: Preliminary |
| NTSB Preliminary Narrative (6120.19A) |
| On September 30, 2000, at 0938 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna 150H, N50318, operated by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage |
| when it nosed over during a forced landing on a field, located 1/4 mile north of Michigan City, Indiana. Prior to attempting the forced landing, the |
| airplane's engine lost power. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted |
| under 14 CFR Part 91. No flight plan was on file. The pilot and passenger on board the airplane reported no injuries. The local flight originated at |
| Michigan City, Indiana, at 0925 cdt. |
| In his statement to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector, the pilot said he had just taken off, climbed out, leveled off and then began to lose |
| power. The pilot said he turned on the carburetor heat, and lost more power. The pilot said he was going to try to go back to Michigan City, but |
| then decided he couldn't make it. He put down in a field. |
| A Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane at the accident site. The airplane rested inverted on the edge of a small pond. |
| The airplane's nose wheel was pushed up into the fuselage frame. The engine mounts were bent upward and aft. The firewall was wrinkled. |
| The propeller was broken aft. The vertical stabilizer and rudder were crushed downward and bent over. Approximately 10 gallons of fuel was |
| observed in the airplane's fuel tanks. Flight control continuity was confirmed. The airplane's engine was retained for further testing. |
| Occurrences and Sequence of Events |
| No Occurrence records were found for: |
| NTSB Identification: CHI00LA311 |
| Event ID: 20001212X21942 |
| Aircraft Key: 1 |
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