Cessna 150 N704UG

Summary

On 14 November 1983 at about 14:40 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N704UG was involved in an accident near Eliot, Maine, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 November 1983 at 14:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Eliot, Maine, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N704UG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Littlebrook → Sanford

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84LA029

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

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING A FORCED LANDING IN SOFT EARTH AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT DURING TAKEOFF. THIS ACFT HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A FLT ON 11/13 BUT DUE TO WATER IN THE FUEL IT WAS NOT USED. THE ACFT FUEL WAS DRAINED AND REPLACED AND THE ACFT WAS TEST FLOWN. ON 11/14 DURING PREFLT THE STUDENT PLT COULD NOT DRAIN THE RIGHT TANK TO CHECK FOR WATER AND GOT ASSISTANCE FROM THE FBO. AFTER THE FUEL CHECK THE PLT COMPLETED THE PREFLT. THE ENG WAS DIFFICULT TO START AND REQUIRED EXTRA PRIMING. DURING RUN-UP THE ENGINE PERFORMED NORMALLY. 30 SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF AT 70-75 KTS THE ENGINE QUIT. THE ALT WAS ABOUT 125 FT AGL SO NO RESTART WAS TRIED. THE ACFT GLIDED OVER A POND, LANDED IN SOFT EARTH, AND NOSED OVER. FUEL SAMPLES REMOVED FROM THE FUEL SYSTEM CONTAINED EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF WATER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.