# Accident 19810708038959A: Cessna 150M, Columbia, PA, July 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1981, 10:12 local time
- Place: Columbia, PA
- Airport: Mcginness
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0251° N, 76.4872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mc Ginness Airport (8N7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0251&lon=-76.4872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76CA-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 396 total, 29 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FGT07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FGT07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810708038959A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO TAKE OFF UP HILL DOWNWIND. HOT DAY. OVER GROSS. BELATED ABORT, AIRPLANE HIT TREES OFF END OF RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC81FGT07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FGT07), Jul 8, 1981: Cessna 150 (N76CA), Columbia, PA, destroyed

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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