- Date
- April 14, 1983, 08:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Norfolk, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N19435Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830414014029A
- Case key
- 35171
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Analysis
The acft crash landed shortly after takeoff and was destroyed. The student pilot stated that after clearing the runway on his last takeoff of the day the engine hesitated and stopped. He lowered the nose to a glide speed of 70 mph picked aspot to land and lowered 30 degrees of flaps. A landing was made in a small pasture with thick grass. The acft went intotrees at the end of the pasture and stopped with its nose against a tree. The acft was examined and it contained a total of less than 2 gallons of fuel. The acft had flown only about 1 hour. There was no evidence of fuel spillage in or around the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19435
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2071826
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Norfolk Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- MA07 · Norfolk, MA
- Airport
- MA07 · Norfolk, runway 18, 2,700 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.