NTSB Identification: ERA15LA165
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, March 20, 2015 in Masscotte, FL
Aircraft: CESSNA 150F, registration: N8254S
Injuries: 1 Minor.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On March 20, 2015, about 0830 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150F, N8254S, experienced a total loss of engine power near Grass Roots Airpark (06FD), Masscotte, Florida. The private pilot subsequently made an off airport forced landing to a wooded area and incurred minor injuries. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and fuselage. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The airplane was operated by a private individual under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. The flight was originating at the time of the accident.
According to a witness, the airplane taxied to the end of the runway 36 and visibility was limited due to the fog in the area. Then he heard the airplane depart the airport to the north. Following the accident, the witness talked to the pilot and stated that the pilot told him that after he departed the airport, the engine "sputtered, came back up, and then quit." According to another witness, the pilot stated he unsuccessfully attempted to restart the engine. Subsequently, the airplane landed in woods, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage, empennage, and both wings.
Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the airplane landed in a wooded area about a half-mile northeast of the runway. The left fuel tank was ruptured and an undetermined amount of automobile gas was draining from the tank. In addition, the right fuel tank was not ruptured and it contained an undetermined amount of automobile gas.
Examination of the engine revealed that engine continuity and thumb compression was confirmed on all cylinders by rotating the crankshaft. Both magnetos were tested, sparked on all towers, and no anomalies were noted. The spark plugs were removed from the cylinders, were light grey in color, and no anomalies were noted. The carburetor was fractured from the engine; but, examination of it revealed no anomalies. The fuel inlet screen was removed from the carburetor and no debris was noted.
The 0804 recorded weather observation at Leesburg International Airport (LEE) , Leesburg, Florida, located approximately 11 miles to the north of the accident location, included calm wind, visibility three-quarters of a mile, mist, vertical visibility 900 feet , temperature 19 degrees C, dew point 19 degrees C; barometric altimeter 30.07 inches of mercury.
GROVELAND --
A small plane crashed in a wooded area of Groveland Friday morning.
The pilot was able to walk away from the crash unharmed.
The plane crashed around 8:40 a.m. near Indigo Road and the Royal Highlands subdivision.
According to a new release from the Professional Firefighters of Lake County, residents heard the plane engine sputter out and then crash.
Emergency crews from Lake County Fire Rescue, Lake County Fire Rescue Special Operations Squad, Groveland and Lake EMS responded to the area and searched for over an hour when pilot walked up to rescue personnel.
“While our firefighters were searching the wooded area for the report of the downed plane for about an hour, the pilot actually ended up walking out to them” reports Lt. Brian Gamble, Vice President of the Professional Firefighters of Lake County. “It is amazing that he was able to walk away from the wreckage.”
Investigators said the pilot, who was the only person on board, dropped a ping on his iPad before getting out of the crumpled plane and it allowed search crews to locate the crash site.
The pilot refused transport to the hospital.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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GROVELAND -- A pilot was able to walk away from his plane crash in a wooded area this morning.
Lake County firefighters were alerted to the crash about 8:40 a.m. after golfers of the Royal Highlands subdivision in Groveland spotted the two-seat Cessna plane “sputter out" and then crash, said Lt. Brian Gamble, Vice President of the Professional Firefighters of Lake County.
Firefighters had been searching the wooded area of Indigo Road for the downed plane for about an hour, when the pilot walked up to firefighters and deputies on the street, Gamble said.
The pilot had climbed out the crumbled aircraft but left his iPad in the plane that allowed searchers to find it.
Assistant Fire Chief Jack Fillman, with the Lake County Fire-Rescue, said the plane crashed into some pine trees and sustained significant damage.
“It is amazing that he was able to walk away from the wreckage,” Gamble said.
The pilot apparently had engine failure, crashed into the trees but sustained only minor scratches, said sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Fred Jones.
Gamble said the pilot had just left the nearby Grassroots Airport Park and was heading to Naples. The identity of the pilot, the only occupant of the plane, has not been released.
The crash investigation has been turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Source: http://www.dailycommercial.com
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