- Date
- December 28, 1989, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lehighton, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N11614Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891228053629A
- Case key
- 36592
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for an undetermined reason.
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 flight instructor (CFI) and student pilot were performing a touch-and-go landing. On the takeoff phase at about 150 to 200 ft AGL, engine roughness occurred, which was followed by a progressive power loss. The pilots attempted to return to the airport, but there was insufficient altitude and the aircraft settled into trees. A post-accident examination of the engine revealed no reason for the power loss. During a test, the engine started and ran normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11614
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075568
- Airframe hours
- 3,882
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- American Flight Academy
- Registered owner
- Arkidy Zapolski
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 5, 1989 · 13 hours before
- Departed
- 1N9 · Allentown, PA
- Destination
- 22N
- Airport
- 22N · Jake Arner Memorial, runway 26, 3,000 × 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
- 20
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 431 total · 172 in this make and model · 371 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 25 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.