- Date
- July 16, 1979
- Place
- Clearwater, FL · CLEARWATER, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8759GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790716018249A
- Case key
- 135182
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1780 79/7/16 CLEARWATER,FL CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 108 TIME - 1030 N8759G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 107 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEARWATER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEARWATER,FL PALM BEACH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXHAUST VALVE STUCK IN FULL OPEN.LNDD ON RR TRACKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8759G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clearwater
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.