# Accident 20040517017219A: Cessna 150, Old Town, ME, May 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2004, 18:00 local time
- Place: Old Town, ME
- Airport: Dewitt Fld,Old Town Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9000° N, 68.7500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9000&lon=-68.7500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7793E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7793E-2006-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 155 total, 155 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040517017219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER A ROUTINE RUN-UP CHECK OF A CESSNA 150 INCLUDING RPM CHECK, MAG CHECK, INSTRUMENT CHECK, ETC., THE AIRCRAFT FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AND THE PILOT DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 22 AT OLD TOWN AIRPORT, OLD TOWN, ME. THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT FELT SLUGGISH, APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY, BUT CONTINUED HIS TAKE OFF. ONCE AIRBORNE, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD "NO POWER" AND THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE PILOT PULLED CARBURETOR HEAT, BUT IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE IN POWER. LOSING POWER, THE PILOT STARTED LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO THE NORTHBOUN LANE OF I-95 BUT PORPOISED THE AIRCRAFT AND BECAME AIRBORNE. ONCE THE PILOT BECAME AIRBORNE FROM PORPOISING THE AIRCRAFT, REALIZING HE STILL DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER TO STAY AIRBORNE, THE PILOT ONCE AGAIN WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO SET THE AIRCRAFT DOWN SAFELY AND HE DECIDED ON THE MEDIAN STRIP OF I-95. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AFTER THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED DUE TO SOFT GROUND AND IT FLIPPED OVER. TAKE OFF TIME, APPROXIMATELY 1800 AND THE PILOT LANDED APPROXIMATELY 1806. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WALKED AWAY FROM THE ACCIDENT WITH NO APPARENT INJURIES. PILOT WAS REEXAMINED.

## 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 IAD04LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04LA023), May 17, 2004: Cessna 150 (N7793E), Old Town, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff. Factors were the pilot's incorrect assessment of the airplane's weight and the muddy terrain.

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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