- Date
- May 18, 1983, 20:00 local (May 19, 1983, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Covington, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10069Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830518034439A
- Case key
- 20908
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - waterCause
Aircraft preflight - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
At about 400 ft AGL after takeoff the eng quit. The acft collided with the ground avoiding power lines. The plt attributed the eng failure to water in fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10069
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074766
- Airframe hours
- 3,064
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Dan Applegate
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1982 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- Covington, TX
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 20 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.