A cessna 305 bird dog suffered an engine failure shortly after lift off. The pilot landed straight a...

Attributes
ACN	876105
Time
Date	201002
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Bird Dog 305/321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Engine
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Glider
Experience	Air Traffic Control Non Radar 25 Air Traffic Control Radar 23 Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 3010 Flight Crew Type 4
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

Purpose of flight was re-familiarization after not being in this type for about a year. Aircraft had been washed that day - during preflight a couple of pinhead-sized drops of water were observed in fuel samples from tanks. Engine ran up well. Being a 'STOL' type aircraft; I was passing through perhaps 150' AGL about halfway down runway when the engine quit. Landed straight ahead and did not attempt to brake as end of runway was too close and aircraft would have likely flipped over if I went off the end into grass and sand overrun with brakes engaged. Prop stopped on rollout. Engine started easily with priming. Taxied back to pavement and did a full-power run-up for several seconds with no discrepancies noted. After shutting down on the ramp; I was able to get about 3/4 of an ounce of water from each tank drain. I rocked wings and lifted tail (with assistance) a couple of times and could not get any additional water from tanks. I advised the owner's mechanic of all these details. He was adamant that the drains are the lowest point in the tank - but clearly the location of the tank drains is such that perhaps a few ounces of water could remain below the drain in the three-point attitude. A search of NTSB reports does show a number of water-in-fuel accidents in this type.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Cessna 305 Bird Dog suffered an engine failure shortly after lift off. The pilot landed straight ahead; rolling off the end of the runway. No damage or injury resulted.

Narrative: Purpose of flight was re-familiarization after not being in this type for about a year. Aircraft had been washed that day - during preflight a couple of pinhead-sized drops of water were observed in fuel samples from tanks. Engine ran up well. Being a 'STOL' type aircraft; I was passing through perhaps 150' AGL about halfway down runway when the engine quit. Landed straight ahead and did not attempt to brake as end of runway was too close and aircraft would have likely flipped over if I went off the end into grass and sand overrun with brakes engaged. Prop stopped on rollout. Engine started easily with priming. Taxied back to pavement and did a full-power run-up for several seconds with no discrepancies noted. After shutting down on the ramp; I was able to get about 3/4 of an ounce of water from each tank drain. I rocked wings and lifted tail (with assistance) a couple of times and could not get any additional water from tanks. I advised the owner's mechanic of all these details. He was adamant that the drains are the lowest point in the tank - but clearly the location of the tank drains is such that perhaps a few ounces of water could remain below the drain in the three-point attitude. A search of NTSB reports does show a number of water-in-fuel accidents in this type.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A cessna 305 bird dog suffered an engine failure shortly after lift off. The pilot landed straight ahead; rolling off the end of the runway. No damage or injury resulted.