- Date
- April 29, 1988, 17:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Sandy Ridge, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60276Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880429011219A
- Case key
- 7749
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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 aircraft engine began to vibrate excessively and lost power. The pilot landed the aircraft in a field. The aircraft nosed over in the soft ground. Examination of the engine revealed that the number one cylinder valve spring seat lock had failed allowing the intake valve to drop into the cylinder where it was struck by the number one piston, bending the valve stem and head.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60276
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070190
- Airframe hours
- 3,237
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- F.H. Symmes, John Ogle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 19, 1987 · 126 hours before
- Departed
- INT · Winston-Salem, NC
- Destination
- MTV · Martinsville, VA
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 168 total · 107 in this make and model · 128 as pilot in command · 94 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- INT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N60276 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.