- Date
- March 26, 1991, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Quincy, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N10860Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910326007639A
- Case key
- 32841
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight.
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 instructor pilot stated that he and the student refueled the airplane and waited 5 minutes before draining the fuel system. The engine lost power on takeoff and crashed into trees. Examination of the fuel system revealed water in the gascolator and carburetor after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10860
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075095
- Airframe hours
- 4,326
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Quincy Aviation Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Quincy Aviation Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 18, 1990 · 98 hours before
- Airport
- 2J9 · Quincy Muni, runway 14, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 2,175 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 21 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.