# Accident 19810529031339A: Cessna 150L, Bolivar, TN, May 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1981, 13:30 local time
- Place: Bolivar, TN
- Airport: Bolivar-Hardeman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2640° N, 89.0119° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bolivar, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2640&lon=-89.0119&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6789G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6789G-2013-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FLT09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLT09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810529031339A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LEAN MIXTURE ON TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO CLEAR TREES DUE TO PARTIAL POWER. STRUCK WING-TIP ON RUNWAY, TRYING TO RETURN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL81FLT09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FLT09), May 29, 1981: Cessna 150 (N6789G), Bolivar, TN, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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