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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI82DA137

1982-04-23 BLAINE, Minnesota, United States Airport · ANE None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N5729E

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 150

Year of manufacture

1959 · 23 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19590220

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7596F

Registrant of record

RHOADES JAMES W

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ABOUT 700 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN ROUGH TERRAIN. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED AT LEAST 1 1/2 PINTS OF WATER IN THE LEFT FUEL TANK, WATER IN THE CARBURETOR BOWL, AND THE SEAL ON THE LEFT FUEL TANK CAP WORN TO WHERE THE CAP DID NOT FIT TIGHTLY. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS AND HAD BEEN PARKED OUTSIDE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD CONDUCTED THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION WITH THE USE OF A FLASHLIGHT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_CHI82DA137.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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