ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367244
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| Date: | Monday 26 March 1990 |
| Time: | 17:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | Todd's Flying Service Inc. |
| Registration: | N2254J |
| MSN: | 150-65454 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3856 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ankeny, IA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | (Y42) |
| Lamoni, IA (0Y7) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PVT PILOT SAID THAT HE HAD JUST DEPARTED RUNWAY 35 AND HAD TURNED CROSSWIND, WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER. HE MADE A TURN TO RETURN TO THE AIRSTRIP AND LAND ON RUNWAY 17, BUT THE ENGINE LOST POWER, COMPLETELY. UNABLE TO REACH THE PVT AIRSTRIP, AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN A FALLOW CORN FIELD, WHICH RESULTED IN A NOSE OVER. A POST-ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FUEL WAS CONTAMINATED WITH WATER.
Probable Cause: FUEL CONTAMINATION AND INADEQUATE AIRCRAFT PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MKC90LA075
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Mar-2024 12:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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