# Accident 20160424005549A: Cessna 150F, Sterling City, TX, April 24, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2016, 13:08 local time
- Place: Sterling City, TX
- Airport: Alvie Cole Ranch Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6428° N, 100.9686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6428&lon=-100.9686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8052S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8052S-2017-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,350 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160424005549A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 24, 2016, AT 1308 CDT, N8052S, A CESSNA 150 , REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, IMPACTED A 3 FOOT HIGH CABLE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF FROM AN UNPAVED RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLIMB AND DRIFTED LEFT OF RUNWAY 14 AT THE ALVIE COLE RANCH AIRPORT (64F), LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTH OF STERLING CITY, TEXAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  BOTH THE OWNER AND PILOT IN COMMAND WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GEORGETOWN, TEXAS ON APRIL 24, 2016, AT 1350 CDT.

## 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 GAA16CA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA198), Apr 24, 2016: Cessna 150 (N8052S), Sterling City, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to establish a climb and maintain directional control during takeoff in quartering tailwind conditions, which resulted in a loss of directional control, aborted takeoff, collision…

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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