- Date
- February 26, 1983, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N63044Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830226006439A
- Case key
- 11979
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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 was making a touch-and-go landing and at about 100 ft AGL the engine stopped. A restart was to no avail. The plt stated that he kept the airspeed near stall speed until ground impact. There was fuel spillage at the accident site and no visible moisture/ice in the fuel. On 3/10/83 the engine was successfully operated up to 2350 RPM. No discrepancies was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63044
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077059
- Airframe hours
- 3,133
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Priester Aviation Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1982 · 59 hours before
- Airport
- PWK · Pal-Waukee, runway 24R, 3,654 × 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 118 total · 117 in this make and model · 45 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PWK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.