Cessna 150 N1567Q
29 June 2016 · Peachtree City, Georgia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 June 2016 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N1567Q was involved in an accident near Peachtree City, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Peachtree City, Georgia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Atlanta Rgnl Falcon Field (FFC)
- Coordinates
- 33.3736, -84.5847
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150
- Registration
- N1567Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1971
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Peachtree City → Peachtree City
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA16LA235
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The fatigue failure of the No. 3 cylinder exhaust valve, which resulted in a total loss of engine power at low altitude after takeoff.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot took off for the solo flight. At 400 ft above ground level, the engine sputtered and experienced a total loss of power. The student pilot conducted a forced landing to a golf course. During the rollout, the airplane clipped trees and struck a small berm, which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear and substantial damage to the engine firewall. Examination of the airplane revealed severe impact damage on the dome of the engine's No. 3 piston and the cylinder head. The exhaust valve was separated at the stem, and the intake valve was fractured. Fracture analysis of both valves and their associated fragments revealed a fatigue failure of the exhaust valve stem transition area at the valve head. The other fracture surfaces were consistent with overstress. The fatigue failure of the No. 3 cylinder exhaust valve led to the total loss of engine power.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2016 | Cessna 150 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
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| 2 Jun 2016 | Cessna 150 | Penwell, Texas, United States | LM Air Patrol Service, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Dec 2016 | Cessna 150 | Palm Bay, Florida, United States | Florida Institute of Technology | Minor injuries | - |
| 19 Aug 2016 | Cessna 150 | Littleton, Massachusetts, United States | Aptis Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 2016 | Cessna 150 | Cleveland, Georgia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
All 10,427 records for this type
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