Cessna 150L N11234

Summary

On 17 May 1983 at about 18:30 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N11234 was involved in an accident near Waterford, Connecticut, 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

17 May 1983 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Waterford, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

New London (7B8)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N11234

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC83LA114

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 EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE DURING THE FORCED LANDING. BEFORE THE FLIGHT THE ONLY FUEL CHECK DESCRIBED WAS LOOKING AT THE FUEL GAUGES WHICH INDICATED ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD FULL. DURING TAKEOFF AT ABOUT 100 FEET AGL THE ENGINE QUIT. TO AVOID POWERLINES THE PILOT MADE A FLAT SKIDDING TURN, THE ENGINE STARTED AND RAN A FEW SECONDS. THE PILOT STATED THAT WITH THROTTLE PUMPING THE ENGINE STARTED A 2ND TIME AND AGAIN QUIT. THE ACFT HIT A TREE BUT THE PILOT MAINTAINED CONTROL AND LANDED DOWNHILL. THE ACFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED NEAR A DIRT ROAD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.