- Date
- June 2, 1985, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Montevideo, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6458SCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850602022379A
- Case key
- 13083
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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 purpose of the flt was to demonstrate the acft to a possible buyer. While taking off, the eng lost power shortly after the acft lifted off at about mid-field. The plt attempted to turn the acft & land on a cross-runway. However, due to his low speed & low alt, he was unable to align the acft with the rwy. The acft was landed in grass where it subsequently nosed over. The eng had only 1 hr of flt time since it had been overhauled. During the overhaul, a facet aerospace carburetor float kit, number 666-915, had been installed in the marvel schebler carburetor by the plt/owner, who was also an A&P mechanic. An exam revealed that service bulletin number A1-84A was not complied with, the float drop was not adjusted properly, fuel flow was low, the throttle shaft was loose, the accelerator pump was dry rotted & cracked, & the butterfly valve was installed upside down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6458S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068258
- Airframe hours
- 3,862
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howard Kron
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1985
- Airport
- MVE · Montevideo-Chippewa, runway 32, 4,000 × 75 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,132 total · 350 in this make and model · 90 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWF, 25 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 N6458S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.