What happened
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On climbout engine knocking and quit. Nosed over landing. Intake and exhaust rocker arms switched. Fractured arm. (-23) while departing Douglas Airport, Colusa, illinoiw, the appropriately certified student pilot and flight instructor experienced an engine failure shortly after departure and at an altitude of approximately 200 feet. The pilots reported the engine became rough and noisy. After applying carburetor heat, the engine quit. A landing was made in a field off the end of runway 18. During the landing in the soft field, the nose wheel dug into the mud and the aircraft flipped over on its back. The student pilot with a third class medical certificate, dated 11/3/95, was uninjured. The instructor with a second class medical, dated 8/20/96, received a bloody nose.
As the FAA filed it
ON CLIMBOUT ENGINE KNOCKING AND QUIT. NOSED OVER LANDING. INTAKE AND EXHAUST ROCKER ARMS SWITCHED. FRACTURED ARM. (-23) WHILE DEPARTING DOUGLAS AIRPORT, COLUSA, ILLINOIW, THE APPROPRIATELY CERTIFIED STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE AND AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET. THE PILOTS REPORTED THE ENGINE BECAME ROUGH AND NOISY. AFTER APPLYING CARBURETOR HEAT, THE ENGINE QUIT. A LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 18. DURING THE LANDING IN THE SOFT FIELD, THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO THE MUD AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK. THE STUDENT PILOT WITH A THIRD CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, DATED 11/3/95, WAS UNINJURED. THE INSTRUCTOR WITH A SECOND CLASS MEDICAL, DATED 8/20/96, RECEIVED A BLOODY NOSE.
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