# Accident 20030601014019A: Cessna 152, Owensville, MD, June 1, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2003, 19:00 local time
- Place: Owensville, MD
- Airport: Winter Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3333° N, 91.5167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3333&lon=-91.5167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68778, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68778-2005-01-25) (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: 418 total, 50 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030601014019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND NON-RATED PASSENGER. COMPLETED PREFLIGHT AND RUN-UP WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS NOTED. PERFORMED A SHORT-FIELD TAKEOFF. APPROXIMATELY 50% TO 75% OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY (BY THE PILOT'S ESTIMATE) THE PILOT FELT HE WAS NOT GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH SPEED FOR TAKEOFF. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A BARB-WIRE FENCE APPROXIMATELY 200' BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY, BROKE THROUGH THE FENCE AND WENT INTO A FOUR (4) FOOT DEEP DITCH. BOTH OCCUPANTS EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE UNINJURED. WIND WAS CALM, TEMPERATURE WAS 57 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE RUNWAY WAS 1,800' OF COMPACTED GRAVEL WITH GRASS GROWING BETWEEN THE GRAVEL. THE AIRPLANE WAS AT OR NEAR MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT. PILOT FAILED TO NOTIFY THE NTSB OR FAA OF THE ACCIDENT. FAA LEARNED OF ACCIDENT THROUGH ANONYMOUS CALL. AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED BY FAA AT THE SALVAGE YARD WHERE IT HAD BEEN MOVED PRIOR TO ACCIDENT NOTIFICATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI03LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA158), Jun 2, 2003: Cessna 152 (N68778), Owensville, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots delayed attempt to perform an aborted takeoff and subsequent overrun. Contributing factors to the accident were the fence and the ditch.

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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