# Accident 20160613009349A: Cessna 150F, Rockville, IN, June 13, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2016, 09:57 local time
- Place: Rockville, IN
- Airport: Butler Air Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7389° N, 87.2194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7389&lon=-87.2194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102DK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102DK-2019-03-23) (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: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16FA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160613009349A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 13, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 0957 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (1357Z), N102DK, A CESSNA 150F, IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE DEPARTING FROM BUTLER FIELD AIRPORT (IN46), ROCKVILLE, INDIANA. THE IMPACT SITE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1250 FEET WEST OF RUNWAY 27.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.   THE FLIGHT DEPARTED WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN AND WAS DESTINED FOR EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (EYE), INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.  DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED.

THERE IS NO AVAILABLE RECORD THAT THE PILOT HAD CHECKED THE LOCAL WEATHER OR THE LOCAL FORECASTED WEATHER.  ACCORDING TO A WITNESS MOWING GRASS AT IN46, THE AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF NEAR MIDFIELD OF THE 2,081 X 65 FEET TURF RUNWAY. THE WITNESS NOTICED THE AIRPLANE INITIALLY CLIMB WITH A HIGH PITCH ATTITUDE, BUT DID NOT OBSERVE THE SUBSEQUENT CLIMB OUT OR ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE TOP OF TREES LOCATED ABOUT 1,125 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ABOUT 125 FEET BEYOND THE INITIAL TREE STRIKE AND A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED.

THE AIRCRAFT TAKEOFF RUN FOR THE CESSNA 150F WAS CALCULATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET TO CLEAR A 50 FOOT OBSTACLE AT MAX GROSS WEIGHT (1600 LBS) WITH NO HEAD WIND AND FROM A TURF RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN16FA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA216), Jun 13, 2016: Cessna 150F (N102DK), Rockville, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's use of an improper soft-field takeoff procedure, which resulted in the airplane having insufficient airspeed to climb out of ground effect and its subsequent impact with trees near the…

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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