20171203024129A

On Sunday, December 3, 2017 at approximately 1320 local time, N714TD, a Cessna C-152 departed Snohomish country airport (paine field (kpae)) in Everett Washington on an instructional flight. A student pilot was in the left seat and the flight instructor was in the right seat. After departing pae they flew northwest and practiced air maneuvers around langley, Washington. The initial take-off and the first .8 hour of air maneuvers practice was normal. They did, however, experience light to moderate precipitation about 10 minutes into the flight; the precipitation lasted about 7-10 minutes.

After practicing air maneuvers they returned to pae to practice touch and go?s. their first touch and go was uneventful. On the second touch and go they executed a go-around. The student pushed in the throttle control and carburetor heat control, the engine accelerated, the aircraft touched lightly on the left main gear and then began climbing.

At about 100-150 feet above the ground (AGL) the engine sputtered and lost all power. At this time the instructor took over the controls and executed a slight right turn towards a field just beyond the departure end of the runway 16L. The instructor then aimed the aircraft for a space between a tree and light standard. The aircraft touched down approximately 120 feet prior to impacting the tree and light standard. The aircraft?s left wing stuck the light standard, the wing separating just outboard of the left wing fuel tank. The right wing struck the tree at the wing root. The aircraft came to rest at the north edge of a parking lot off of 11404 commando road in Everett, Washington 98204. Both persons evacuated the aircraft, sustaining only minor injuries; there was no post-crash fire.

Two FAA inspectors arrived on the accident scene the next day at approximately 1000 local time. The aircraft sustained extensive damage; the aircraft should be considered ?destroyed.? The right wing fuel tank was completely breached and was empty of fuel. The left wing tank appeared to be about 1/3 full of fuel. Due to the aircraft?s extensive damage fuel samples could not be obtained from either wing fuel sumps. The main fuel line from between the main fuel shut-off valve and the firewall fuel strainer was separated approximately 1 foot forward of the fuel shut-off valve. The position of the fuel shut-off valve handle was approximately ½ way between the full open and full closed positions and had vegetation lodged between the handle and aircraft structure. The throttle, mixture and carburetor heat controls were full forward. Continuity of the engine controls (throttle, mixture and carburetor heat) was verified.

Approximately 4.6 oz. Of water and approximately .2 oz. Of fuel was drained from the main strainer. Fuel from the carburetor bowl was also contaminated with water. The propeller turned freely and both magneto timing gears moved as the propeller was turned. Except for the impact damage to the propeller blades externally the engine appeared normal. The day prior to this flight the aircraft was fueled to 7 gallons in each of the left and right wing tanks. Each wing fuel tank has a capacity of approximately 13 gallons (26 gallons total, of which 24.5 gallons is usable).