# Accident 19810821050789A: Cessna 150M, Hancock, NY, August 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1981, 17:30 local time
- Place: Hancock, NY
- Airport: White Birch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0514° N, 75.3166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHITE BIRCH (NK68), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0514&lon=-75.3166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8999U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8999U-2011-07-15) (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: 225 total, 120 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81DFA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DFA24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810821050789A

## Narrative

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

STONG CROSSWIND LIFTED A WING ON TAKEOFF. AIRPLANE VEERED OFF RUNWAY STRIKING AN EMBANKMENT.

## 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 NYC81DFA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DFA24), Aug 21, 1981: Cessna 150M (N8999U), Hancock, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8999U (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790913029049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790913029049A), Sep 13, 1979: Cessna 150 (N8999U), Farmingdale, NY, Substantial damage. Pilot taxiied into a tree while trying to avoid a fuel truck on the ramp.
- [Accident 19781120041819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781120041819A), Nov 20, 1978: Cessna A150K (N8999U), Farmingdale, NY, 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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