19891004038719A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna STC150 · Mount Pleasant, TX · October 4, 1989

Date
October 4, 1989 · 10:00 local
Place
Mount Pleasant, TX
Airport
Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N49876
Reported as
Cessna STC150
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,564 total2,080 in this make and model314 in the last 90 days

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.

Allowed aircraft to weather vane into crosswind. Continued takeoff severing wing tip on windsock pole. Landed safely

As the FAA filed it

ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO WEATHER VANE INTO CROSSWIND.CONTINUED TAKEOFF SEVERING WING TIP ON WINDSOCK POLE. LANDED SAFELY