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FAA accident report · Cessna 150J · Williamson, NY · February 25, 2003

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Date
February 25, 2003 · 11:50 local
Place
Williamson, NY
Airport
Williamson-Sodus Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N51126
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD03LA034
Reported as
Cessna 150J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
123 total110 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days
N51126Registered now · Cessna 150JS/N 15069782 · Built 1968Airframe modelCessna 150JEngine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft was on a runway that was snow covered (2 to 3 inches light fluff) with blanks on either side of the runway about four foot tall. Thirty feet from the start of the take off roll the pilot heard a sputtered in the engine and adjusted the fuel, while doing this the aircraft veered to the left by 15 feet. The pilot did not move back to center (runway being snow covered he could not see center line) but continued in a straight line down the runway on his take off roll. From the tire trails in the snow it was seen that the aircraft was moving slightly to left on a continuing line and at approximately the 1000 foot mark the left tire entered into the snow bank and within 15 feet of entering the bank the aircraft pivot 90 degrees to the left into the snowbank (mainly ice). When the aircraft hit the bank it pitched up and forward, damaging the propeller, nose landing gear and left wing. Damage to the aircraft, propeller bent, engine mount bent and broken, nose gear collapsed and driven into the firewall, damaging the firewall, right wing cap destroyed, and right wing skins on the inboard wing were bent and deformed when the wing hit the bank and flexed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A RUNWAY THAT WAS SNOW COVERED (2 TO 3 INCHES LIGHT FLUFF) WITH BLANKS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT FOUR FOOT TALL. THIRTY FEET FROM THE START OF THE TAKE OFF ROLL THE PILOT HEARD A SPUTTERED IN THE ENGINE AND ADJUSTED THE FUEL, WHILE DOING THIS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT BY 15 FEET. THE PILOT DID NOT MOVE BACK TO CENTER (RUNWAY BEING SNOW COVERED HE COULD NOT SEE CENTER LINE) BUT CONTINUED IN A STRAIGHT LINE DOWN THE RUNWAY ON HIS TAKE OFF ROLL. FROM THE TIRE TRAILS IN THE SNOW IT WAS SEEN THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING SLIGHTLY TO LEFT ON A CONTINUING LINE AND AT APPROXIMATELY THE 1000 FOOT MARK THE LEFT TIRE ENTERED INTO THE SNOW BANK AND WITHIN 15 FEET OF ENTERING THE BANK THE AIRCRAFT PIVOT 90 DEGREES TO THE LEFT INTO THE SNOWBANK (MAINLY ICE). WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE BANK IT PITCHED UP AND FORWARD, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER, NOSE LANDING GEAR AND LEFT WING. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, PROPELLER BENT, ENGINE MOUNT BENT AND BROKEN, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND DRIVEN INTO THE FIREWALL, DAMAGING THE FIREWALL, RIGHT WING CAP DESTROYED, AND RIGHT WING SKINS ON THE INBOARD WING WERE BENT AND DEFORMED WHEN THE WING HIT THE BANK AND FLEXED.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB IAD03LA034Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWilliamson, NYThe pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment during the takeoff roll. A factor was the snow-covered runway.Feb 25, 2003 · Substantial damage