- Date
- October 3, 2021, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oxford, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7333ACessna 150
- Defining event
- Maneuvering: Fuel contamination
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20211003017409A
- Case key
- 104034
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
A total loss of engine power due to fuel contamination.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The student had just initiated a practice emergency descent when the engine suddenly stopped producing power. The student turned the controls over to her flight instructor, who was unable to restart the engine and made a forced landing to a field. During the landing roll out the nosewheel collapsed and the airplane flipped over, which resulted in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer. Post-accident examination of the engine revealed a clear gel-like substance in the airframe fuel filter bowl, carburetor bowl and carburetor finger screen. Rust-colored corrosion was also observed in the airframe fuel filter bowl and carburetor bowl. No other pre-accident discrepancies were noted with the engine that would have contributed to the loss of engine power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7333A
- Reported as
- Cessna 150 (M)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500720
- Built
- 1976
- Airframe hours
- 3,565.9
- Engine
- Continental 0-200-A, 100 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Blue Angels Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Blue Angels Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 2021
- Departed
- RDU · Raleigh, NC
- Destination
- HNZ · Oxford, NC
- Equipment
- Stall warning system
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 21, 2021
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 1,440 total · 18 in this make and model · 1,335 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 46 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 27
- Injuries
- None
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 42 total · 16 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 11 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KHNZ
- METAR
- KHNZ 031655Z AUTO 21011G14KT 10SM CLR 25/17 A3006
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.