- Date
- June 23, 1987, 20:30 local (Jun 24, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Olcott, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51333Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870623021819A
- Case key
- 30680
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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
A student pilot practicing touch and go landings experienced an engine power loss on takeoff. During an approach to an open field for an emergency landing, the engine restarted. The pilot decided to return to the arpt. Upon entering downwind, the engine quit. The acft struck a street sign with the left wing and came to rest in a garden. The FAA inspector at the accd site indicated that the humidity was high at the time of the accd and the temperature was about 80 degrees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51333
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069930
- Airframe hours
- 3,475
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel G. Russell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 11, 1987
- Airport
- Palmer, runway 9, 2,525 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.