Cessna 150M N704MN

Summary

On 27 June 1988 at about 18:05 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N704MN, operated by Hare, Argent K, was involved in an accident near Davisville, Florida, 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

27 June 1988 at 18:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Davisville, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Parkers Flying Service (NONE)

Coordinates

30.8594, -87.4591

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N704MN

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hare, Argent K

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA88LA208

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

ACFT'S ENGINE HAD OVER 200 RPM DROP ON ONE MAGNETO DURING RUNUP. PLT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH. AFTER LIFTOFF THE ENGINE BEGAN TO BACKFIRE AND LOSE POWER. THE PLT STATED HE THEN APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND PUMPED THE ENGINE PRIMER. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE ENGINE QUIT COMPLETELY. WITNESSES STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER THE ENGINE BEGAN TO BACKFIRE AND LOSE POWER IT BEGAN TO PUFF HEAVY BLACK SMOKE. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE ENGINE QUIT COMPLETELY. THE CAUSE FOR THE ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND INITIAL LOSS OF POWER COULD NOT BE FOUND AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON AUTOGAS AND THE AIRCRAFT'S LOGBOOK SHOWED NO INDICATION THAT AN STC HAD BEEN COMPLIED WITH ALLOWING USE OF AUTOGAS. THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING THE FORCED LNDG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.