Cessna 150M N714QA

Summary

On 7 August 1983 at about 16:14 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N714QA, operated by Stanford Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Palo Alto, California, 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

7 August 1983 at 16:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Palo Alto, California, United States

Nearest airport

Palo Alto (PAO)

Coordinates

37.4501, -122.0993

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N714QA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Stanford Flying Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA375

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 IN A MARSH DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER AN ENGINE FAILURE. THIS WAS A SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLT. THE PLT SAID HE WAS DESCENDING FOR A LANDING AT PALO ALTO WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO 'LOSE POWER AND RUN ROUGH.' CARBURETOR HEAT DID NOT WORK AND WHEN THROTTLE WAS ADDED THE VIBRATION INCREASED. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE NORTH OF THE ARPT. A POST ACCIDENT TEAR DOWN OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A FAILURE OF THE #1 CONNECTING ROD END CAP. THIS AND PARTS OF THE PISTON RING SECTIONS AND A CONNECTING ROD BEARING WERE FOUND IN THE OIL SUMP. #2 CYLINDER WAS FOUND BATTERED AND DENTED. #3 AND #4 CYLINDERS WERE NORMAL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.