# Accident 20000129010979A: Cessna 150, Wiscasset, ME, January 29, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2000, 11:11 local time
- Place: Wiscasset, ME
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9614° N, 69.7126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9614&lon=-69.7126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7854E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7854E-2015-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000129010979A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF, AT APPROX. 150 FEET, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE A/C LANDED APPROX. 100 FT FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE A/C CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE COWL WITH THE TAIL IN THE AIR. UPON INVESTIGAION OF THE A/C, FOUND THE WING TANK DRAINS FROZEN AND THE FROZEN WATER AROUND THE LEFT WING FUEL CAP. FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE FIRE WALL STRAINER. THE CARB HEAT WAS OUT AND INOPERABLE DUE TO THE IMPACT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE PERFORMING HIS PREFLIGHT, HE FOUND THAT THE WING FUEL TANK SUMPS WERE FROZEN CLOSED. HE STATED THAT NO FUEL OR WATER WAS DRAINED FROM THE WING TANKS. HOWEVER, FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE FIREWALL STRAINER. THE PILOT REPORTED THE FOLLING DAY THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DRAIN ONLY 10 GALLONS FROM THE STRAINER BEFORE IT QUIT. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE FOUND SOME WATER IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FUEL BOWL OF THE CARBURETOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC00LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA070), Jan 29, 2000: Cessna 150 (N7854E), Wiscasset, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.