19850510016549A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150M · Hancock, MA · May 10, 1985

Date
May 10, 1985 · 17:45 local
Place
Hancock, MA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3550V
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC85LA121
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Reported engine
Continental O200A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
777 total776 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Wheels contacted tree tops as terrain rose faster than the aircrafts capability to climb.

As the FAA filed it

WHEELS CONTACTED TREE TOPS AS TERRAIN ROSE FASTER THAN THE AIRCRAFTS CAPABILITY TO CLIMB.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.