Accident Cessna 150L N7692G, Thursday 2 January 1986

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Date:	Thursday 2 January 1986
Time:	19:12 LT
Type:	Cessna 150L
Owner/operator:	Robert Spencer
Registration:	N7692G
MSN:	15074718
Year of manufacture:	1973
Total airframe hrs:	4000 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-200A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Boca Raton, FL - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Ft. Lauderdale, FL (FXE
Destination airport:	Lantana, FL (KLNA)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE ENROUTE TO FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE ARPT HIS ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. HE MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD & ON LANDING ROLLOUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THE #1 INTAKE VALVE WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION CAUSING THE PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER EXPERIENCED BY THE PILOT.

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