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| NTSB Identification: MIA98LA030. The docket is stored in the (offline) NTSB Imaging System. |
| Accident occurred Thursday, November 13, 1997 at ORMOND BEACH, FL |
| Aircraft: Cessna 150M, registration: N6062K |
| Injuries: 2 Uninjured |
| Event: 20001208X09226 Status: Final Report Approved On Friday, November 06, 1998 |
| NTSB Preliminary Narrative (6120.19A) |
| On November 13, 1997, about 1327 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150M, N6062K, registered to Ormond Beach Aviation, Inc. , operating as a |
| 14 CFR 91 instructional flight, experienced a partial loss of engine power on initial climbout from Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, Ormond |
| Beach, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions were reported and the flight had just received a local IFR clearance from Daytona Beach Radar. |
| The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The certified flight instructor and student pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated about 7 |
| minutes before the accident. The CFI stated that on initial climb, between 600 and 700 feet of altitude, just after receiving his clearance and |
| being radar identified, the engine started to sputter. He applied carburetor heat and realized only a momentary resumption of power. He advised |
| ATC he was returning to his departure point, and initiated emergency procedures for loss of engine power with negative results. The aircraft |
| would not maintain altitude, and with no suitable terrain available, the CFI made a forced landing into trees. Compounding his problem was his |
| lack of forward visibility due to the increasing intensity of rain, and to the lack of windshield defog air because of the deteriorating airspeed. It |
| became necessary for the CFI and the student to open their respective side windows for forward visibility. |
| The student's statement of conditions on climbout was, "..I couldn't see anything outside. We were in the clouds. No visibility outside. The rain |
| increased." |
| The engine was transported to the maintenance facility at Ormond Beach Aviation, and with FAA's oversight, started on the first attempt and |
| ran smoothly to 1200 rpm, limited only by test-stand mounting. No other engine discrepancies were found. |
| NTSB Final Narrative (6120.4) |
| During initial climbout into rain of increasing intensity, between 600 and 700 feet of altitude, the engine started to sputter and lose power. The |
| CFI applied carburetor heat, realized a momentary resumption of power, then a continued power loss. He advised ATC he was returning to his |
| departure point, but the airplane would not maintain altitude and a forced landing was made into trees. |
| NTSB Probable Cause Narrative |
| a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. |
| Occurrences and Sequence of Events |
| Occurrence: 1, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER |
| Phase of Operation: TAKEOFF - INITIAL CLIMB |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 1 |
| 1 ( Cause ) REASON FOR OCCURRENCE UNDETERMINED / / |
| Occurrence: 2, FORCED LANDING |
| Phase of Operation: EMERGENCY DESCENT/LANDING |
| Occurrence: 3, IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH OBJECT |
| Phase of Operation: MANEUVERING - TURN TO LANDING AREA (EMERGENCY) |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 3 |
| 1 (Finding) OBJECT / TREE(S) / (0) |
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