- Date
- April 9, 1993, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dowingtown, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6340KCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930409008869A
- Case key
- 37304
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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 student pilot and flight instructor had been making a series of full stop landings, followed by a taxi back and departure. After completing several circuits, the engine lost power on takeoff. The flight instructor took control of the airplane and made a forced landing in a wooded area. Examination of the airplane after the accident found fuel in the line to the carburetor and the engine was test run satisfactorily.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6340K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-77653
- Airframe hours
- 5,091
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Shannon Aviation Corp
- Registered owner
- Shannon Aviation Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 19, 1993 · 73 hours before
- Departed
- N25
- Destination
- N25
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- N25 · Bob Shannon Mem, runway 12, 2,639 × 40 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 21,300 total · 21,000 as pilot in command · 350 in the last 90 days · 105 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHL, 24 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.
Other investigations on N6340K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.