- Date
- November 18, 1983, 15:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Oregon City, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6054GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 39852
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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 plt, who was an a & p mechanic, had just installed an eng that had been overhauled by someone else. He reported that the pretakeoff & run-up checks were normal. At aprx 250 to 300 ft AGL, during takeoff, the eng began to shake violently & lost power. The plt retarded the throttle & initiated a 180 deg turn to land in an open field. The left wing tip contacted the ground during the forced landing & the nose & right main gear collapsed. An exam & disassembly of the eng revealed that the #1 connecting rod had come lose & punctured the eng case. One of the bolts had failed & was necked down at the fracture. The nuts on the remaining rod caps were found to be finger tight or only slightly torqued. The required torque was 40 foot pounds. The eng had operated apprx .1 hr since major overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6054G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071554
- Airframe hours
- 4,743
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- William L. Pepper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 18, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- OS2 · Oregon City, OR
- Destination
- OS2 · Oregon City, OR
- Airport
- OS2 · Oregon City Airpark, runway 25, 2,675 × 30 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,128 total · 357 in this make and model · 981 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 16 nm away
Other investigations on N6054G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.