- Date
- March 26, 1993, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Laurel, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6581TCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930326007339A
- Case key
- 43004
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power, undetermined.
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 lost engine power at 100 ft. AGL during initial climb after takeoff. The pilot attempted to land on the remaining rwy, ran off the end, applied hard braking to avoid impacting a ravine, and the acft nosed over. Exam and tests of engine after accident failed to reveal cause of failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6581T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15017981
- Airframe hours
- 5,311
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Listoe, Merle R.
- Registered owner
- Listoe, Merle R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1993 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- 6S8 · Laurel Municipal, runway 21, 3,775 × 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 369 total · 139 in this make and model · 327 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIL, 12 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 N6581T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.