Cessna 150L N1750Q

Summary

On 30 June 1982 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N1750Q, operated by J.w. Wilkens, was involved in an accident near Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 June 1982 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Hendersonville-Winkler (OA7)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N1750Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

J.w. Wilkens

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hendersonville → Greenville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82FA182

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

REPORTEDLY, THE ENGINE POWER WAS NORMAL DURING THE ENGINE RUN-UP, GROUND ROLL AND LIFT-OFF. HOWEVER, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 250 FT AGL, THE ENGINE COUGHED, SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME, TWO WITNESSES NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY STARTED TO TRAIL BLACK SMOKE. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN BACK AND LAND ON THE RUNWAY. HOWEVER, HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ABOUT .2 MI SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. DURING AN INVESTIGATION, AUTOMOTIVE TYPE FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO ONE SPARK PLUG, A ROCKER BOX COVER AND A MAGNETO HARNESS. THESE WERE REPLACED AND AN ENGINE RUN-UP WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE RUN-UP WAS NORMAL EXCEPT FOR THE FUEL FLOW. AT 2665 RPM, THE FLOW WAS 61.5 PPH, BUT THE SPECIFICATION CALLED FOR 78 PPH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.