- Date
- May 20, 1985, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clovis, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N50011Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850520018469A
- Case key
- 16680
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Analysis
The owner of the acft had not flown recently, so he got an instructor plt (CFI) to accompany him. The owner preflighted the acft, did a normal run-up & initiated a takeoff. Shortly after lift-off, the eng began to intermittently run rough. It then quit altogether & a forced landing was made in an open muddy field. When the nosewheel was lowered to the ground, the acft nosed over. An exam of the acft & eng revealed that the fuel shut-off handle was in the 'off' position. Both plts reported that they had not touched the fuel shut-off handle either during or after the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50011
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069008
- Airframe hours
- 3,175
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Foe David Scott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- CVN · Clovis Muni, runway 4, 6,200 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 125 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CVS, 10 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.