# Incident 20050411009369I: Cessna 150J, Gansevoort, NY, April 11, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2005, 15:30 local time
- Place: Gansevoort, NY
- Airport: Heber Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1834° N, 73.6332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEBER AIRPARK (K30), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1834&lon=-73.6332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60939, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60939-2019-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050411009369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA^ PILOT IN COMMAND/CFI WAS CONDUCTING A PART 91 BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ . WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ AND ^PRIVACY D^ DISCUSSED THE PREFERRED LANDING PROCEDURE FOR FOR THIS AIRPORT DUE TO THE FACT THAT RUNWAY 06-24 UPHILL GRADE THAT EXCEEDS A 2% GRADE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN LONG ON RUNWAY 24 WITH A TAIL WIND OF APPROXIMATELY 5-8 KNOTS. ^PRIVACY D^ ELECTED TO APPLY POWER AND GO AROUND AND TRY THE LANDING AGAIN. AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMB OUT ^PRIVACY D^ RETRACTED THE FLAPS TO THE FULL UP POSITION. THIS DIMINISHED THE RATE OF CLIMB SUBSTANTIALLY. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE RATE OF CLIMB WAS NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE TREES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TOPS OF THE TREES CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ FLEW THE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT AROUND THE AIRPORT AND MADE A SAFE LANDING ON RUNWAY 24. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N60939 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170305006059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170305006059A), Mar 5, 2017: Cessna 150J (N60939), Argyle, NY, Destroyed. 03/06/2017 The albany flight standards district office investigated an accident in the town of Argyle , NY. At approximately 11:00 am eastern standard time…
- [Accident 19760125000859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760125000859A), Jan 25, 1976: Cessna 150J (N60939), Fairhaven, VT, Substantial damage. Nose gr broke thru packed snow.

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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