- Date
- January 8, 1983, 11:34 local (16:34 UTC)
- Place
- Green Cove Spgs, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6503GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830108000519A
- Case key
- 30759
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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 acft crashed in a spin after the engine quit during takeoff. This was one of a series of touch and go landings. The acft reached an alt of about 150 ft when the engine sputtered and quit. The acft then started a 180 degree turn which steepened into a spin as airspeed was lost. The minimum alt for a no power 180 degree turn is 250 ft. also the amount offuel on board the acft (about two and one-half gallons) was sufficient only for straight and level flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6503G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072003
- Airframe hours
- 3,743
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C. N. Wallace
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 18, 1982 · 49 hours before
- Airport
- 7 FL · Haller Airport, runway 18, 2,700 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 65
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 28 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.