20210313011899A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150H · Paris, TX · March 13, 2021

Date
March 13, 2021 · 08:05 local
Place
Paris, TX
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N50326
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN21LA158
Reported as
Cessna 150H
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total300 in this make and model1 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.

Aircraft taxied out from the privacy data omitted hangar onto their private grass field preparing for a soft runway takeoff. The aircraft began down the center of the runway. Due to scattered crawfish mounds built up in the center the pilot maneuvered further left of center onto the west side of the runway. The poor runway conditions and softer section of the runway prevented the aircraft from building up the proper takeoff and climb speed. The left wing tip struck the windsock shortly after the wheels broke the ground. Shortly after takeoff the aircraft was put down in the field across the street 150 yards from the takeoff point due to lack of speed to climb out. Upon impact in the soft field the aircraft flipped over and came to rest upside down.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT TAXIED OUT FROM THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HANGAR ONTO THEIR PRIVATE GRASS FIELD PREPARING FOR A SOFT RUNWAY TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DOWN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. DUE TO SCATTERED CRAWFISH MOUNDS BUILT UP IN THE CENTER THE PILOT MANEUVERED FURTHER LEFT OF CENTER ONTO THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE POOR RUNWAY CONDITIONS AND SOFTER SECTION OF THE RUNWAY PREVENTED THE AIRCRAFT FROM BUILDING UP THE PROPER TAKEOFF AND CLIMB SPEED. THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE WINDSOCK SHORTLY AFTER THE WHEELS BROKE THE GROUND. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUT DOWN IN THE FIELD ACROSS THE STREET 150 YARDS FROM THE TAKEOFF POINT DUE TO LACK OF SPEED TO CLIMB OUT. UPON IMPACT IN THE SOFT FIELD THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.