# Incident 20030215005819I: Cessna 150L, Akron, OH, February 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2003, 12:30 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron Fulton International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AYKS
- Location: 41.0374° N, 81.4677° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AKRON FULTON INTL (AKR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0374&lon=-81.4677&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19045, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19045) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 830 total, 150 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030215005819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 15, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 EST, N19045, CESSNA 150L, OPERATED BY AMERICAN WINDS FLIGHT ACADEMY, INC. (14 CFR 141 AYKS742K) SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN ABORTED TAKE-OFF MANUEVER ON RUNWAY 07 AT AKRON-FULTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AKR) DURING A PLEASURE/INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. NEITHER THE APPROPRIATELY RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING OR THE STUDENT PILOT SUFFERED ANY INJURY. THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS CARROLL COUNTY AIRPORT (TSO), CARROLLTON, OH. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE INITIAL TAKE-OFF DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT. AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 30' AGL, HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF BY REDUCING THE POWER AND PUSHING THE NOSE DOWN WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS ABOUT TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY, APPLIED POWER TO ARREST THE RATE OF DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH ALL THREE WHEELS, SIMULTANEOUSLY, BOUNCED, POWER AND ELEVATOR CONTROL WAS MANAGED, AIRCRAFT CONTROL RECOVERED, REMAINDER OF LANDING WAS NORMAL. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SPECULATES THAT GUSTY CROSS WIND CONDITIONS WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO NOSE WHEEL/TIRE, STRUT, AND ENGINE MOUNT.

## Other reports on N19045 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20010412011039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010412011039A), Apr 12, 2001: Cessna 150L (N19045), Wichita Falls, TX, No damage. (.19)On April 12, 2001, at 0345 CDT, a Cessna 150L airplane, N19045, registered to and operated by a private individual, sustained substantial damage during a…

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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