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FAA accident report · Cessna 150L · Summerville, SC · June 13, 2008

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Date
June 13, 2008 · 19:24 local
Place
Summerville, SC
Airport
Summerville
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5471Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI08LA162
Reported as
Cessna 150L
Reported engine
Continental O200*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total300 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days
N5471QRegistered now · Cessna 150LS/N 15073371 · Built 1972Airframe modelCessna 150LEngine 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.

(-23) The pilot departed Summerville Airport (dyb) onjune 13, 2008 at 1924 local time, on runway 24. At the departure end of the runway the engine stopped producing poewr. The piloted manipulated the throttle which caused a return to engine power and the engine stopped again. The aircraft traveled beyond the end of the runway, when the pilot decided to land beyond the airport fence and before the aircraft approached large trees. The aircraft came to a stop about 1/4 of a mile south of the runway in a field of brush, on a heading of 180 degrees. The left gear was broken off the airacraft and came to rest about fifteen feet behind the aircraft. The nose gear was bent under the nose of the aircraft with the engine cowl resting on the ground. One blade of the propeller was bent aft, with no evidence that it was rotating at impact. The right wing tip impacted the ground damaging three feet of the outboard wing and damaging the spar. The force of the right wing impact pushed the inboard trailing edge of the wing into the fuselage, causing damage to the top and side of the fuselage and to the wing. No fuel was found in the right fuel tank, the left fuel tank was about 1/3 full.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED SUMMERVILLE AIRPORT (DYB) ONJUNE 13, 2008 AT 1924 LOCAL TIME, ON RUNWAY 24. AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POEWR. THE PILOTED MANIPULATED THE THROTTLE WHICH CAUSED A RETURN TO ENGINE POWER AND THE ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY, WHEN THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND BEYOND THE AIRPORT FENCE AND BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED LARGE TREES. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ABOUT 1/4 OF A MILE SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY IN A FIELD OF BRUSH, ON A HEADING OF 180 DEGREES. THE LEFT GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF THE AIRACRAFT AND CAME TO REST ABOUT FIFTEEN FEET BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT UNDER THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE ENGINE COWL RESTING ON THE GROUND. ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER WAS BENT AFT, WITH NO EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS ROTATING AT IMPACT. THE RIGHT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND DAMAGING THREE FEET OF THE OUTBOARD WING AND DAMAGING THE SPAR. THE FORCE OF THE RIGHT WING IMPACT PUSHED THE INBOARD TRAILING EDGE OF THE WING INTO THE FUSELAGE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TOP AND SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND TO THE WING. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK, THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS ABOUT 1/3 FULL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI08LA162Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSummerville, SCA total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.Jun 13, 2008 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N5471Q · 1

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

Accident 19730409007799AStarting Engines · Advance, NCDrg prop pull through lost balance and fell into prop.Apr 9, 1973 · Minor damage