- Date
- April 18, 1982, 12:57 local (19:57 UTC)
- Place
- Parker, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6859ACessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72163
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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
At about 150 ft AGL & beyond the rwy departure end the eng lost power. The acft impacted an embankment during the attempt to return to the arpt. Eng exam revealed that the #1 cylinder piston compression ring was broken corresonding to grooves on the cylinder. The conrod bearing was destroyed. The crankshaft next to the bearing bore evidence of burnishing & some bluing or heat damage. A flt in this acft was terminate after 1 hr on 3/27 due to low oil pressure & smoke in the cockpit. A large amount of oil was found around the eng & fuselage. 5 qts of oil were added. The acft had flown 0.6 hr prior to the accident flt. This flt was terminated due to unusual eng noises & a decrease in RPM. The plt wrote a note describing the eng problem & placed the note on the left seat of the cockpit. Neither plt in this accident recalled seeing any note in the acft during preflight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6859A
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1572356
- Airframe hours
- 3,731
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Theodore A. Gould
- Registered owner
- Theodore A. Gould
- Departed
- APA · Parker, CO
- Destination
- APA · Parker, CO
- Airport
- APA · Arapahoe County, runway 16, 8,502 × 101 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 372 total · 125 in this make and model · 285 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 147 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg