# Accident 20040930029799A: Cessna 150M, Sevierville, TN, September 30, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2004, 07:10 local time
- Place: Sevierville, TN
- Airport: Seymour Air Park Inc Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8117° N, 83.7244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8117&lon=-83.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45667, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45667-2018-01-24) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 129 total, 118 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040930029799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF FROM THE GRASS STRIP AT SEYMOUR, TENNESSEE. HIS INTENDED DESTINATION WAS SKY RANCH AIR PARK, A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF SEYMOUR. WEATHER IN THE AREA WAS MARGINAL VFR DUE TO LIGHT PRECIPITATION, DRIZZLE AND RAIN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD PHONED AHEAD TO CHECK ON THE WEATHER AT SKY RANCH. HE STATED THAT HE CLEARED HIS WINDSHIELD BUT THAT IT IMMEDIATELY FOGGED UP ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL. AS HE LOST VISIBILITY HE ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT, THROUGH SOME BUSHES AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY AND THEN SKIDDED SIDEWAYS IN THE MUD AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING GEAR DUG INTO THE MUD, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN JUST AS IT WAS COMING TO A STOP.

## 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 ATL04CA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA197), Sep 30, 2004: Cessna 150M (N45667), Sevierville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an attempted takeoff, which resulted in the on ground collision with high vegetation and a subsequent nose over. Factors were a foggy…

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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