- Date
- April 19, 1985, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Alma, GA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4483UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850419013669A
- Case key
- 6781
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
The student pilot and passenger changed the engine oil just prior to attempting the takeoff. The oil was drained on the ground on the airport where the aircraft was parked. Examination of the oil, disclosed that metal shavings were present in the drained oil. Further examination of the aircraft disclosed that metal shavings were also present inside the engine when it was disassembled. The examination also found rust in the cylinder walls along with the fractured rings from numbers 2 and 3 pistons. The annual inspection or recent maintenance data was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4483U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-60483
- Airframe hours
- 3,276
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bobby White
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Alma, runway 33, 5,000 × 100 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 57 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.