ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 356842
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| Date: | Friday 16 August 1996 |
| Time: | 20:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7053F |
| MSN: | 15063653 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4497 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Plant City, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight had taken off from runway 9, and had climbed to an altitude of about 150 feet mean sea level, when the airplane's engine lost power. The pilot elected to make an off airport landing, turned the airplane to the left to clear trees, touched down in a field, and nosed over. Examination of the wreckage revealed that 2 ounces of fuel was drained from the gascolator, about 3/4 of an ounce of the fuel was water, and 1 ounce of water was drained from the carburetor bowl. The engine rotated freely and no discrepancies were found. In addition, this airplane had flown only 5 hours in the past 12 months, and had not been fueled, before this flight, since sometime in February 1996.
Probable Cause: a loss of engine power due to fuel contamination, resulting in a forced landing, and subsequent nose over. A factor in this accident was an inadequate aircraft pre-flight
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA96LA214
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 11:28 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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