# NTSB NYC84FA218: Cessna 150M, N704GV, Keymar, MD, June 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1984, 19:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place: Keymar, MD
- Coordinates: 39.589725, -77.259468 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5897&lon=-77.2595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35350
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FA218
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35350/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA218

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vso) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

WITNESS STATED ACFT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS. ON THIRD OR FORTH INITIAL CLIMB AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL THE ACFT BEGAN 'ZIGZAGGING.' THE ACFT THEN ENTERED A NOSE LOW ATITUDE AND DESCENDED TO GROUND IMPACT APRX 1/2 MILE FROM THE ARPT. INSPECTION OF WRECKAGE SUGGESTED ENGINE WAS NOT PRODUCING PWR AT IMPACT. FUEL DRAINED FROM ACFT AMOUNTED TO 3.5 GALS. UNUSABLE FUEL FOR C-150M IS 3.5 GALS. FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704GV](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704GV-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 15078608, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078608
- Airframe hours: 2364
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James E. Crokett, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, May 10, 1984, 10 hours before
- Departed: MD42, KEYMAR, MD
- Airport: MD42, Keymar, runway 5, 1,875 × 120 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 334 total, 258 in this make and model, 297 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BAL, 36 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840623031969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840623031969A), Jun 23, 1984: Cessna 150M, Keymar, MD, Destroyed. Full flap takeoff doing touch and go, wavered, nosed down to ground impact. Only unusable quantity of fuel in tanks

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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