- Date
- February 28, 1984, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Talkeetna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N10719Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840228005959A
- Case key
- 4191
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
On downwind for a touch and go, the student pilot noticed a strange engine noise. She elected to do another touch & go, & during a turn from crosswind to downwind, a total loss of power occurred. A forced landing was attempted onto a road. Children were crossing the road and distracted the pilot. The right wing struck a tree and the aircraft then struck the ground inverted. An exam revealed that the muffler tube had corroded enough to displace the end of the tube against the firewall allowing hot gases to escape. The gases burned the wire bundle containing primary magneto leads to both magnetos and the landing light. The acft was 37 hours over due for a 100 hour inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10719
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074985
- Airframe hours
- 3,628
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Talkeetna Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1983 · 1,365 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 35 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.