- Date
- February 1, 1980
- Place
- Spartanburg, SC · SPARTANBURG, SC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N150EDCessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800201001729A
- Case key
- 134884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0968 80/2/1 SPARTANBURG,SC CESSNA 150M CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N150ED PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 809 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 274 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPARTANBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- OWNER STATED BTN 1/19 & 1/21/80 FBO RCUD FUEL LOAD W APPROX 35GAL WATER.3OZ WATER FD IN LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N150ED
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spartanburg
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.