- Date
- January 2, 1984, 12:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kirksville, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N45638Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840102000169A
- Case key
- 33616
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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 lost power and emitted black smoke during takeoff. The acft was forced to land in a field off the arpt. The weather was conducive to carburetor icing. The plt said that he had not used carburetor heat anytime during the sequenceof events.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45638
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077000
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Continental O-200 A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John P. Takacs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- IRK · Kirksville, MO
- Airport
- IRK · Kirksville Muni, runway 18, 6,004 × 100 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 219 total · 216 in this make and model · 207 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IRK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.