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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Westport, MA · October 13, 1997

Date
October 13, 1997 · 15:15 local
Place
Westport, MA
Airport
Westport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N67930
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total400 in this make and model55 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.

Narrative: pilot attempted to lift off from a grass strip and when his airspeed did not reach vr at his abort point of runway, he attempted to turn plane to an open area on the field and applied the brakes. When he applied the brakes he skidded on the grass into the bushes.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LIFT OFF FROM A GRASS STRIP AND WHEN HIS AIRSPEED DID NOT REACH VR AT HIS ABORT POINT OF RUNWAY, HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN PLANE TO AN OPEN AREA ON THE FIELD AND APPLIED THE BRAKES. WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES HE SKIDDED ON THE GRASS INTO THE BUSHES.