- Date
- November 14, 1983, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Eliot, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N704UGCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831114061869A
- Case key
- 35468
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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 nosed over during a forced landing in soft earth after the engine quit during takeoff. This acft had been scheduled for a flt on 11/13 but due to water in the fuel it was not used. The acft fuel was drained and replaced and the acft was test flown. On 11/14 during preflt the student plt could not drain the right tank to check for water and got assistance from the FBO. After the fuel check the plt completed the preflt. The eng was difficult to start and required extra priming. During run-up the engine performed normally. 30 seconds after takeoff at 70-75 KTS the engine quit. The alt was about 125 ft AGL so no restart was tried. The acft glided over a pond, landed in soft earth, and nosed over. Fuel samples removed from the fuel system contained excessive amounts of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704UG
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078880
- Airframe hours
- 2,122
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cathleen T. Burcky
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 5, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 3B4 · Littlebrook, ME
- Destination
- SFM · Sanford, ME
- Airport
- runway 12, 2,500 × 50 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.