# Accident 20171203024129A: Cessna 152, Everett, WA, December 3, 2017 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 3, 2017, 13:20 local time - Place: Everett, WA - Airport: Snohomish County Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: MOMS - Location: 47.9076° N, 122.2809° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9076&lon=-122.2809&mi=10 - Aircraft: N714TD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714TD-2020-07-17) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 152 - Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 2 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 830 total, 79 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA042) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171203024129A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 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). ## 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 WPR18LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA042), Dec 3, 2017: Cessna 152 (N714TD), Everett, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate preflight inspection, during which he failed to ensure that water was sufficiently drained from the fuel system, which resulted in total loss of engine power and a… 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.