20010519010159A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150 · Griffin, GA · May 19, 2001

Date
May 19, 2001 · 12:30 local
Place
Griffin, GA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N5854E
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL01LA056
Reported as
Cessna 150

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.

(-23)On take-off during initial climb aircraft began to lose power. Pilot began to pump throttle and the engine responded at first but after a few pumps it stopped responding. Pilot landed in a pasture. Aircraft struck a fence and fence post. The left ant right wing struts were damaged. The left and right horizontal stablizers, and the rudder were nearly turn off the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON TAKE-OFF DURING INITIAL CLIMB AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. PILOT BEGAN TO PUMP THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE RESPONDED AT FIRST BUT AFTER A FEW PUMPS IT STOPPED RESPONDING. PILOT LANDED IN A PASTURE. AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FENCE AND FENCE POST. THE LEFT ANT RIGHT WING STRUTS WERE DAMAGED. THE LEFT AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABLIZERS, AND THE RUDDER WERE NEARLY TURN OFF THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.