- Date
- October 5, 1990, 16:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N704BBCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901005044379A
- Case key
- 32781
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to fly an airplane with known deficiencies. This resulted in a partial loss of engine power, and a ground collision with a fixed object.
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 pilot departed runway 36, vandenburg airport, Tampa, Florida, in VFR conditions on a VFR climb. No flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained a partial loss of engine power at 300 feet AGL. The pilot turned back towards the airport. The airplane would not sustain powered flight. An emergency landing was made to a clearing. On landing roll, the airplane collided with a fence, separated the nosewheel, and the airplane rolled over on its back sustaining substantial damage. The pilot was not injured. Investigaation revealed, the pilot flew the airplane with known deficiencies. The exhaust system was rusted out, and the airplane would not produce full rated horsepower. The annual inspection was overdue 8 1/2 months.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704BB
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078473
- Airframe hours
- 3,884
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas P. Sanders
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 19, 1989 · 43 hours before
- Destination
- FD77 · Wimauma, FL
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 351 total · 300 in this make and model · 280 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 16 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 5 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.