- Date
- November 23, 1982, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Edgewater, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2806VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821123061559A
- Case key
- 70551
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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
Approximately 45 min after takeoff, the eng started to run rough. The plt headed toward the nearest arpt with the eng still running rough. The plt entered downwind & proceeded to follow a normal landing pattern. As he turned final, the eng quit completely. The acft hit tree tops & came to rest in a shallow creek. The wings were not in the water. Prior toremoving the acft, approximately 1/2 to 1 oz of water was drained from each wing. Eng examination revealed that the top piston ring from cylinders 2 & 4 were broken. The plt had received his private certificate 7/82. He stated that he had not practiced a precautionary approach since his student days, & even those were done to a minimum altitude of several hundred feet. He also stated that he had not been instructed on precautionary approach procedures with rough running engines or with partial power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2806V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076286
- Airframe hours
- 3,290
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fort Meade Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Fort Meade Flying Club
- Departed
- Fort Meade, MD
- Destination
- Fort Meade, MD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- AND · Lee, runway 12, 2,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 83 in this make and model · 133 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.