Cessna 150E N3518J

Summary

On 18 September 1985 at about 21:50 local time, a Cessna 150E registered N3518J was involved in an accident near Clinton, Maryland, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 September 1985 at 21:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Clinton, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Hyde Field (W32)

Coordinates

38.7597, -76.8890

Aircraft

Cessna 150E

Registration

N3518J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO85FA077

2 people were 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

PLT STATED THAT ON INITIAL CLIMB FROM A NORMAL TAKEOFF, A PARTIAL ENGINE PWR LOSS WAS EXPERIENCED. CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WAS LOST WHILE MANEUVERING FOR A SUITABLE FORCED LANDING AREA. A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THAT WITNESSED THE TAKEOFF STATED THAT IT APPEARED TO BE A SIMULATED SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF WITH A HIGH CLIMB RATE ESTABLISHED AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY. HE STATED THAT THE A/C PITCHED FURTHER UP 200-300 AGL AND THEN ENTERED A LEFT SPIN. NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES WERE FOUND DURING ENGINE DISASSEMBLY EXCEPT FOR ONE BKN COMPRESSION RING ON EACH OF PISTONS 1, 3, AND 4. RING GROOVE WEAR INDICATED THAT THIS CONDITION HAD EXISTED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. COCKPIT ODCUMENTATION REVEALED THAT THE PRIMER WAS UNLOCKED AND HAD BACKED SLIGHTLY OUT OF ITS STOWED POSITION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.