ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 367566
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Date: | Thursday 28 December 1989 |
Time: | 14:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 150L |
Owner/operator: | American Flight Academy |
Registration: | N11614 |
MSN: | 15075568 |
Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3882 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lehighton, PA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Allentown, PA (1N9) |
Destination airport: | (22N) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND STUDENT PILOT WERE PERFORMING A TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING. ON THE TAKEOFF PHASE AT ABOUT 150 TO 200 FT AGL, ENGINE ROUGHNESS OCCURRED, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A PROGRESSIVE POWER LOSS. THE PILOTS ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, BUT THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO TREES. A POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO REASON FOR THE POWER LOSS. DURING A TEST, THE ENGINE STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY.
Probable Cause: LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC90LA043 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 5 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB NYC90LA043
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