Cessna 150M N704KE

Summary

On 16 January 1982 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N704KE, operated by Lawrence Bovat, was involved in an accident near Swanton, Vermont, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 January 1982 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Swanton, Vermont, United States

Nearest airport

Franklin County (1B7)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N704KE

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lawrence Bovat

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Swanton → Swanton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC82DA023

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF, THE PILOT NOTED A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED AND POWER WAS RESTORED. HE FLEW THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LANDED, AND THEN HE MADE ANOTHER PREFLIGHT INSPECTION AND A FULL RUN-UP. DURING A SECOND TAKEOFF, HE ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS APPLIED WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS, AND THEN HE TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT FOR A DOWNWIND LANDING. HOWEVER, HE OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY AND APPLIED POWER. ENGINE POWER WAS RESTORED FOR ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND THEN DROPPED TO ABOUT 1200 RPM. CARBURETOR HEAR WAS APPLIED, BUT THE POWER COULD NOT BE RESTORED. AT THE TIME, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOW OVER A WOODED AREA. IT CONTINUED DESCENT INTO THE TREES AND CRASHED. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 22 DEGREES, BUT THE DEW POINT WAS UNKNOWN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.