# Accident 19870516081829A: Cessna STC150, Selbyville, DE, May 16, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1987, 15:00 local time
- Place: Selbyville, DE
- Airport: Warrington Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4698° N, 75.1702° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4698&lon=-75.1702&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5747G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5747G-2018-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC150
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,654 total, 40 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO87LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870516081829A

## Narrative

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

APPEARS PIC HAD AN EARLY LIFTOFF AND WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN FLYING SPEED. SETTLED INTO TREES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 BFO87LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA038), May 16, 1987: Cessna 150K (N5747G), Selbyville, DE, destroyed

## Other reports on N5747G (2)

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

- [Accident 19760718021249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760718021249A), Jul 18, 1976: Cessna 150K (N5747G), Lawrenceburg, TN, Substantial damage. Plt talked to ft campbell for ovr one hour bfr fuel exhausted. Apch made to rd,then to pasture.
- [Accident 19740302005179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740302005179A), Mar 2, 1974: Cessna 150K (N5747G), Bloomington, IN. Pax deplaned tripped on edge of paved and grass area. Prop struck pax arm.

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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