# Accident 20071005022989A: Cessna 150H, Clarksville, AR, October 5, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2007, 11:15 local time
- Place: Clarksville, AR
- Airport: Clarksville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4706° N, 93.4269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4706&lon=-93.4269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22899, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22899-2017-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,800 total, 350 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071005022989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 5, 2007, AT 11:15 CDT, A CE-150H, N22899, COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE WHILE EXECUTING A TAKEOFF FROM CLARKSVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (H35), CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE CLARKSVILLE AIRPORT AT 11:15 CDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THE ENGINE DID NOT TURN THE PROPELLER MORE THAN 2,000 RPM LATE IN THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE VIA GROUND EFFECT. IT WAS THEN TOO LATE TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF, SO HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE IT CLIMB OVER A POWER LINE CROSSING THE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE COULD NOT GO UNDER THE POWER LINE DUE TO TREES UNDER THE POWER LINE. THE FORT SMITH, AR WEATHER OBSERVATION AT 1153Z WAS: WIND 060/6K, VIS 10, CLEAR, 28C/22C, ALTIMETER 30.04.

## 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 CHI08CA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA015), Oct 5, 2007: Cessna 150H (N22899), Clarksville, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the flight instructor to identify the lack of airplane performance in a timely manner and to reject the takeoff. An additional cause was the partial loss of engine power for undetermined…

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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