- Date
- March 6, 1987, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newton, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704QTCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870306005079A
- Case key
- 34345
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The stu was practicing simulated engine failures at his cfi's direction. As the stu simulated corrective action in the cockpit to restore pwr, he inadvertently turned the fuel selector off, and did not tell the CFI. Normally the CFI terminated the simulated eng failure at 500 feet but allowed the acft to descend below that altitude. Following the procedure, the CFI instructed the stu to add pwr and begin a climb. As the stu began to apply pwr, the engine quit. The CFI took over control, but had insufficient alt to ascertain the problem and regain engine pwoer. The acft stalled during the forced lndg and the hard lndg collapsed the nose gear. A subsequent impact nosed the acft inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704QT
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078796
- Airframe hours
- 6,345
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hesston College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 20, 1987 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- EWK · Newton, KS
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 540 total · 325 in this make and model · 494 as pilot in command · 98 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT, 26 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.