- Date
- June 30, 1989, 18:15 local (Jul 1, 1989, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Duffys Tavern, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3200XCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890630019509A
- Case key
- 5216
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The selection of the soft sandy strip for takeoff by the pilot and his premature liftoff combined to make it impossible to attain climb airspeed before colliding with bushes at the end of the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that after liftoff the aircraft would not 'accelerate enough to clear 10' to 12' brush at end of strip.' The aircraft contacted the vegatation and spun around before coming to rest facing the runway. The pilot also added that 'the condition of the strip probably was the big factor as there were sandy pockets that slowed our t.o. run.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3200X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064600
- Airframe hours
- 3,303
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mcallister, Larry & Deanna
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 10, 1989 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- Duffy'S Tavern, runway 25, 1,800 × 40 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 60 in this make and model · 1,302 as pilot in command · 126 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.