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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150G · Brenham, TX · June 10, 2008

Date
June 10, 2008 · 12:50 local
Place
Brenham, TX
Airport
Brenham Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4691X
Reported as
Cessna 150G
Reported engine
AMTR O200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total800 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft attempted to departed to Brenham, Texas municipal (11R), on runway 16, which has a 1 to 1.5 degree gradient. During an interview, the pilot stated that at rotation or immediately after takeoff the aircraft was blown off the center line so he aborted the takeoff and landed off the runway drifting into the trees and crashed. He stated that the aircraft landed approx 100 feet west of the runway, at a high rate of ground speed because of the tail wind and the aircraft came to rest in the trees, approx 200 feet from touchdown. Contact with the trees caused the wings to be folded backward approx 45 degrees which resulted in damage to the aircraft fuselage too. The pilot aslos stated he had always been instructed to takeoff "down" a gradient. Noaa weather recorded moments after the accident was as follows; 13:08 NE 15 g 26 10.00 thunderstrom in vicinity SCT065 81 66 30.02.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO DEPARTED TO BRENHAM, TEXAS MUNICIPAL (11R), ON RUNWAY 16, WHICH HAS A 1 TO 1.5 DEGREE GRADIENT. DURING AN INTERVIEW, THE PILOT STATED THAT AT ROTATION OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN OFF THE CENTER LINE SO HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND LANDED OFF THE RUNWAY DRIFTING INTO THE TREES AND CRASHED. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED APPROX 100 FEET WEST OF THE RUNWAY, AT A HIGH RATE OF GROUND SPEED BECAUSE OF THE TAIL WIND AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE TREES, APPROX 200 FEET FROM TOUCHDOWN. CONTACT WITH THE TREES CAUSED THE WINGS TO BE FOLDED BACKWARD APPROX 45 DEGREES WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE TOO. THE PILOT ASLOS STATED HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO TAKEOFF "DOWN" A GRADIENT. NOAA WEATHER RECORDED MOMENTS AFTER THE ACCIDENT WAS AS FOLLOWS; 13:08 NE 15 G 26 10.00 THUNDERSTROM IN VICINITY SCT065 81 66 30.02.