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FAA incident report · Cessna 150H · Braithwaite, LA · November 15, 1996

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Date
November 15, 1996 · 16:00 local
Place
Braithwaite, LA
Airport
Braithwaite Aprk Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N567G
Reported as
Cessna 150H
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,137 total310 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days
N567GRegistration cancelled Sep 7, 2007 · Cessna 150HS/N 15068281 · Built 1968Airframe modelCessna 150HEngine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the pilot stated that the aircraft experienced engine roughness. He attempted to pull the carb heat with no success. The engine stuttered and experienced loss of RPM. The aircraft later gained RPM so the pilot tried to make the airport but decided to land on the golf course fairway. Investigation revealed that the engine was stopped during landing. The golf course tee box was struck by the aircraft, broke out nose strut, one end of blade was bent back, and the right outboard wing panel was crinkled. The impact broke the intake Piper where carb was attached. Auto gas was being burned. Four gallons of fuel drained from the aircraft. The pilot operating handbook states that 3.5 gallons unusable. No water or contamination was visible. Actual fuel loaded was indeterminable due to no records of flight time and fueling. Owner stated that he fueled the aircraft with three five-gallon cans. He had approximately three gallons left in one of the cans. The owner flew for approximately .7 hours then landed and poured the remaining 3 gallons into the aircraft. The owner again flew another 1.7 hours before the incident flight was conducted by another pilot.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE ROUGHNESS. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE CARB HEAT WITH NO SUCCESS. THE ENGINE STUTTERED AND EXPERIENCED LOSS OF RPM. THE AIRCRAFT LATER GAINED RPM SO THE PILOT TRIED TO MAKE THE AIRPORT BUT DECIDED TO LAND ON THE GOLF COURSE FAIRWAY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STOPPED DURING LANDING. THE GOLF COURSE TEE BOX WAS STRUCK BY THE AIRCRAFT, BROKE OUT NOSE STRUT, ONE END OF BLADE WAS BENT BACK, AND THE RIGHT OUTBOARD WING PANEL WAS CRINKLED. THE IMPACT BROKE THE INTAKE PIPER WHERE CARB WAS ATTACHED. AUTO GAS WAS BEING BURNED. FOUR GALLONS OF FUEL DRAINED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK STATES THAT 3.5 GALLONS UNUSABLE. NO WATER OR CONTAMINATION WAS VISIBLE. ACTUAL FUEL LOADED WAS INDETERMINABLE DUE TO NO RECORDS OF FLIGHT TIME AND FUELING. OWNER STATED THAT HE FUELED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THREE FIVE-GALLON CANS. HE HAD APPROXIMATELY THREE GALLONS LEFT IN ONE OF THE CANS. THE OWNER FLEW FOR APPROXIMATELY .7 HOURS THEN LANDED AND POURED THE REMAINING 3 GALLONS INTO THE AIRCRAFT. THE OWNER AGAIN FLEW ANOTHER 1.7 HOURS BEFORE THE INCIDENT FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED BY ANOTHER PILOT.

Other reports on N567G · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19981128046919ABraithwaite, LA(-23) Operations inspector clyde b. o'neill interviewed jeffrey fletcher (PIC) and david junker (private pilot) on 12/28/98, at the Braithwaite airport (LA75). Inspector o'neill determined that a probable cause of the uncontrolled roll of the aircraft was due…Nov 28, 1998 · No damage