- Date
- October 23, 1992, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Powell, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3366JCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921023043909A
- Case key
- 8698
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Probable cause
The water in the aircraft fuel as a result of the improper preflight by the pilot.
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 had been parked outdoors, on the airport ramp, for an extended period of time. The pilot/mechanic was in the process of post maintenance operational checks of the aircraft. During a high speed run on the runway, the aircraft became airborne. The pilot decided to circle the airfield, and during the climb out the engine lost partial power. The aircraft crashed into a group of trees off the departure end of the runway. After the accident, water was detected in the aircraft fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3366J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066066
- Airframe hours
- 3,756
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mayes, Norman C.
- Registered owner
- Mayes, Norman C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 12, 1989 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 9A2
- Destination
- 9A2
- Airport
- 9A2 · Powell Airport, runway 23, 2,600 × 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,643 total · 500 in this make and model · 8,643 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 20 nm away
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 N3366J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.