# Accident 19950621021599A: Cessna 150M, Bovey, MN, June 21, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1995, 08:30 local time
- Place: Bovey, MN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2907° N, 93.4004° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2907&lon=-93.4004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45200, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45200-1997-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 450 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950621021599A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED IN LIGHT DOWNWIND. SETTLED. ABORTED LATE. RAN OFF END RUNWAY. GROUND LOOPED,POOR FLIGHT PREP AND JUDGEMENT (-23) ON JUNE 21, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 LCL MR. MATTFIELD DEPARTED FROM HIS PRIVATE GRASS STRIP (2670' X 200') NORTH OF BOVEY, MN HEADED FOR ALASKA. TEMP. WAS 67 DEGREES F WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE (GP2 REPORTED 120 @ 05 KNOTS. PIC DEPARTED TO NORTH BECAUSE WINDS WERE LIGHT AND OBSTRUCTIONS WERE NOT AS HIGH AND AN ADDITIONAL 400' OF OPEN AREA WENT BEYOND END OF RUNWAY. THE CESSNA 150 WAS LOADED TO GROSS WEIGHT WIHT FULL AFT CG AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF IN APPROXIMATELY 1300' OR LESS AND WAS AT 20-30' AGL. PILOT DETERMINED WITHING SECONDS THAT AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CLIMBING AND LIKELY WOULD NOT CLEAR OBSTRUCTIONS. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND TOUCHED DOWN APPROX. 350 FEET FROM END OF RUNWAY. PILOT BRAKED HEAVILY AND SKIDDED OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO TALL GRASS AND BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT. PILOT SAYS THE RIGHT BRAKE FAILED. AIRCRAFT ROTATED AROUND LEFT GEAR, RIGHT GEAR BROKE OFF, RIGHT WING STRUCK GROUND AND WAS DAMAGED. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 350' FROM END OF RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO FIRE NOR ANY INJURY TO THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE PE                                  SON ABOARD.

## 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 CHI95LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA190), Jun 21, 1995: Cessna 150M (N45200), Bovey, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DELAY IN ABORTING THE TAKEOFF.

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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