Engine Emergency on Takeoff at 450 ft AGL

Loss of power occurs around 2:48. Here are some details on the incident which occurred on 7/9/20 while departing from KBNA:

I was flying solo in a Cessna 150 with a 100 HP piston engine. The weather at the time of departure was very hot and humid (about 32C and around 80-85% humidity), so I expected very bad climb performance. Even though I expected the bad performance, you can still hear me say, "holy, shit!" as I'm climbing out. For context, I spend the vast majority of my time flying 160 HP C172s.

I was departing runway 20C at KBNA and I was climbing out on runway heading, the controller asks me to begin my right turn to 290 (approximately 90 deg right of runway heading). At this time I'm only about 150-200 ft AGL, I would usually wait until at least 400 ft AGL to begin my outbound turn, but due to the poor climb performance of the C150, I understood that this could take all day and I had to make space for departing jet traffic on the same runway.

I took the turn very gently and monitored my airspeed closely, trying to stay right at Vy to get the best climb performance. Right before completing my turn to 290 I felt the plane start to lurch violently. It felt exactly as it does when you pull the mixture full lean to shut the engine down. I immediately checked the mixture and throttle and noted that they were full rich and full power. Upon realizing that I was likely dealing with some form of engine failure, I pitched for best glide, started looking for emergency landing spots, and did a couple of quick emergency procedure flow checks. Much to my dismay, I discovered that there was nothing that I could do to restore full power to the engine.

From this point forward I am in emergency mode, so I focus on flying the airplane at best glide, staying close to my best field, and then finally contact Approach with my mayday call. Even after turning towards the airport, I remain within glide distance of the highways in case I lose my engine entirely. Eventually, however, I have to make the call to either land on a road (not looking good), or try for the runway. Thankfully I was able to maintain just enough glide performance to make it to the runway where I safely execute a no-flaps landing.

Aside from the cylinder which needs to be replaced, there was no damage to either the aircraft or myself. I feel very fortunate to have gotten out of that emergency so unharmed.

Note: I did a full preflight inspection and run up using the procedures literally straight out of the POH and did not notice anything abnormal. The first signs of any trouble were when I lost full power.

Видео Engine Emergency on Takeoff at 450 ft AGL канала Addison Smith