ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174251
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 March 2015 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Florida Flight Training Center |
| Registration: | N498TC |
| MSN: | 15283390 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Port, FL East of Venice Municipal Airport (KVNC) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Venice, FL (VNC) |
| Venice, FL (VNC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor reported that he and the student pilot departed on a local training flight. After completing maneuvers at 2,000 ft, the flight instructor initiated a simulated engine failure and proceeded to demonstrate the forced landing procedure to the student. He selected a field as the forced landing location and applied carburetor heat. After turning onto final approach for the field at an altitude of about 500 ft, the flight instructor discontinued the simulation by turning off the carburetor heat and applying engine power to initiate a climb. The flight instructor stated that the engine then "sputtered and produced no power," and he subsequently conducted a forced landing to the field.
During postaccident examination of the airplane, no fuel was observed in either of the two wing fuel tanks; however, the fuel quantity at the time of the accident could not be determined because a fuel line was damaged during impact, and fuel might have leaked out postaccident. An auxiliary fuel supply was plumbed into the fuel system, and the engine started immediately, accelerated smoothly, and ran continuously with no anomalies observed.
Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident testing of the engine revealed no anomalies.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=498TC
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2015 03:49 | Geno | Added |
| 09-Apr-2015 06:20 | Geno | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2015 10:56 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 12:46 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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