NTSB Identification: LAX84LA086.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 23046.
Accident occurred Thursday, December 01, 1983 in FAIRFIELD, CA
Aircraft: CESSNA 152, registration: N48886
Injuries: 1 Minor.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.AFTER TAKING OFF & WHILE CLIMBING THRU ABOUT 100 TO 300 FT, THE ENG LOST POWER. DURING A FORCED LANDING, THE ACFT IMPACTED A FENCE & A BERM, AND WENT OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, THEN CAME TO REST INVERTED IN A DITCH. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED CORROSION IN THE FUEL STRAINER. ABOUT 1 1/2 CUPS OF WATER WAS DRAINED FROM THE RIGHT FUEL TANK LINE & ABOUT 1/8 CUP OF WATER WAS DRAINED FROM THE LEFT FUEL TANK LINE. THIS WAS THE 1ST FLT SINCE THE ENG HAD BEEN REBUILT & INSTALLED.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
MAINTENANCE..IMPROPER
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
FLUID,FUEL..CONTAMINATION
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
BLEED AIR SYSTEM,VALVE..CORRODED
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
FLUID,FUEL..WATER
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
AIRCRAFT PREFLIGHT..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..FENCE
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..DIRT BANK/RISING EMBANKMENT
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..DITCH
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..ROUGH/UNEVEN
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