# Incident 19971013033899I: Cessna 152, Westport, MA, October 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1997, 15:15 local time
- Place: Westport, MA
- Airport: Westport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5432° N, 71.0353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Westport Airport (3MA5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5432&lon=-71.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N67930, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N67930) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 400 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971013033899I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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