- Date
- January 19, 1983, 19:35 local (Jan 20, 1983, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Cahokia, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N704LQCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830119002139A
- Case key
- 12072
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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 acft collided with a ditch during a forced landing after the engine quit during a takeoff climb. The student pilot was climbing out after a touch and go landing and at about 200 ft AGL the engine quit. The CFI took control of the acft and checked for an engine problem. At about 150 ft AGL the engine restarted and they climbed back to 200 ft AGL when theengine quit again. The CFI lined up for an off arpt landing during which they hit a drainage ditch. A fuel line from theselector valve to the engine was inspected after the accident and water came out of this line after it was warm. The cfisaid the drains and sump were checked during preflt but they were ineffective since they were not at the lowest point inthe system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704LQ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078699
- Airframe hours
- 1,916
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael W. Funk
- Registered owner
- Jack C. Hill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 6, 1983 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- CPS · Bi-State Parks, runway 12, 5,500 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 19
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 770 total · 475 in this make and model · 660 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CPS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.