# Accident 20030907030489A: Cessna 150M, Jetersville, VA, September 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2003, 09:30 local time
- Place: Jetersville, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3261° N, 78.0717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3261&lon=-78.0717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63600, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63600-2003-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 40 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03CA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03CA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030907030489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN ATTEMPTS TAKEOFF ON A GRASS FIELD, APPROXIMATELY 1800 FEET LONG, ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 290 DEGREES. THE GRASS IS APPROXIMATELY 4 INCHES TALL AND DAMP WITH DEW. THE AIRCRAFT DOES NOT BECOME AIRBORNE. THE AIRCRAFT STRIKES PINE TREES AT THE END OF THE FIELD, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRMAN REPORTS COMMENCING TAKEOFF ROLL WITH ZERO FLAPS AND UP ELEVATOR TO RAISE NOSE WHEEL OUT OF GRASS. THE ENGINE APPEARED TO DEVELOP NORMAL RATED POWER, AND THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED NORMALLY TO APPROXIMATELY 5O MILES PER HOUR. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 50 MPH. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF AS THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED DOWN THE RUNWAY, WHICH SLOPED TO THE WEST. WHEN THE PILOT DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GOING TO ACCELERATE AND DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES HAD NO EFFECT ON THE WET GRASS.

## 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 NYC03CA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03CA193), Sep 7, 2003: Cessna 150M (N63600), Jetersville, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff, which resulted in an overrun. A factor was the dew on the grass.

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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