- Date
- July 21, 1982, 12:19 local (19:19 UTC)
- Place
- Sacramento, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22912Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820721030849A
- Case key
- 72452
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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 flight was to "shakedown" the aircraft and to break in a newly overhauled engine. A thorough preflight was made and some water was drained from the fuel tanks. (The aircraft had not been flown for some period of time.) While climbing after takeoff, the cylinder head temperature (CHT) was noted at 550 deg fahrenheit and climbing slowly. The pilot leveled at 700 ft and throttled back, and the CHT stabilized at about 555 deg. About 1 minute later, the engine began running rough, and subsequently, there was a considerable power loss. The pilot selected a field for a forced landing. But on final approach, he noticed that it was freshly plowed and rough. An s-turn was made to land on a gravel road. The aircraft was still in a bank during touchdown. While on the landing roll, the pilot was unable to keep the aircraft on the road with a 6-8 kt crosswind from the right. The plane collided with a fence. An investigation revealed that the no 1 exhaust valve rocker arm, pn 639615, had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22912
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068611
- Airframe hours
- 4,307
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Flying Panthers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flying Panthers, Inc.
- Departed
- Sacramento, CA
- Destination
- Sacramento, CA
- Airport
- Sacramento Exec., runway 20, 5,503 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,478 total · 945 in this make and model · 8,775 as pilot in command · 76 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 178 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.