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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150F · Midland, TX · May 20, 1983

Date: May 20, 1983 · 11:35 local
Place: Midland, TX
Airport: Midland Airpark
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7731F
Reported as: Cessna 150F
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 96 total10 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N7731FRegistered now · Cessna 150FS/N 15063831 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 150F Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flaps lowered to full down on takeoff. Forced back to runway. Left wingtip struck runway.

As the FAA filed it

FLAPS LOWERED TO FULL DOWN ON TAKEOFF. FORCED BACK TO RUNWAY. LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK RUNWAY.