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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Douglasville, GA · August 2, 2008

Date: August 2, 2008 · 08:40 local
Place: Douglasville, GA
Airport: Pinewood
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N704UZ
Reported as: Cessna 150M
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 18,000 total750 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N704UZRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Cessna 150MS/N 15078897 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 150M Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) On takeoff from grass runway 20, the aircraft did not accelerate appropriately. The power and all systems looked normal. The acceleration stagnated at about 40-45 knots. The pilot decided to abort the takeoff and reduced power and applied brakes. The aircraft began to slide on the wet grass surface and departed the end of the runway over a burm, onto a gravel road coming to stop on the side of the road. The nose gear collapsed on impact with the road. The pilot had shutdown the engine and turned off the fuel mixture and magnetos as the aircraft left the runway. Pilot was not injured and damage to aircraft was on the nose gear.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON TAKEOFF FROM GRASS RUNWAY 20, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT ACCELERATE APPROPRIATELY. THE POWER AND ALL SYSTEMS LOOKED NORMAL. THE ACCELERATION STAGNATED AT ABOUT 40-45 KNOTS. THE PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF AND REDUCED POWER AND APPLIED BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLIDE ON THE WET GRASS SURFACE AND DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY OVER A BURM, ONTO A GRAVEL ROAD COMING TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON IMPACT WITH THE ROAD. THE PILOT HAD SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND TURNED OFF THE FUEL MIXTURE AND MAGNETOS AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE NOSE GEAR.