# Incident 20151014016689I: Easter William C M-1, Greeley, CO, October 14, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2015, 10:00 local time
- Place: Greeley, CO
- Airport: Greeley-Weld County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4374° N, 104.6332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREELEY-WELD COUNTY (GXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4374&lon=-104.6332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N150MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Easter William C M-1 (registry code 1690512, https://openairdocs.org/model/easter-william-c-m-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EASTER WILLIAM C M-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 10 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151014016689I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM ON OCTOBER 14, 2015 PILOT WAS TAKING OFF FROM RUNWAY 35 AT GREELEY AIRPORT ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT.  THERE WAS A QUARTERING TAILWIND ON THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT STRAYED FROM THE CENTERLINE.  THE TAKE OFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT CLIPPED A RUNWAY LIGHT TURNING THE AIRCRAFT AROUND.   THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE SINGLE SOLE ON BOARD AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND LEFT ELEVATOR END CAP.  THE RUNWAY MARKER LIGHT WAS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N150MM (1)

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

- [Accident 20220716012439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220716012439A), Jul 16, 2022: Easter William C M-1 (N150MM), Okeechobee, FL, Substantial damage. 1) On July 16, 2022, between the times of 0810-0822 (l), the pilot of an aircraft with the registration of [privacy data omitted] made a straight in approach…

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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