- Date
- August 21, 1994, 09:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Delta Junction, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2677JCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19940821022609A
- Case key
- 2551
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation.
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 did not have a medical certificate due to high blood pressure. He did not complete the requirements for a biennial flight review. The airstrip from which he was departing was 850 feet long. The airplane owner's manual shows a required takeoff distance of 910 feet. To clear a 50 foot obstacle at the end of the runway would require 1660 feet of distance.
Factual narrative
On August 21, 1994, at 0945 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 150 airplane, N2677J, registered to and operated by the Pilot, struck the trees at the end of the Johnson River Airstrip during takeoff. The airstrip is located 40 nautical miles east of Big Delta, Alaska. The personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, was departing the Johnson River Airstrip and the destination was Delta Junction. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot and his passenger were not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged.
According to the pilot, he took off from the 850 foot long airstrip and struck the trees at the opposite end. The airplane lost airspeed and he stalled. The airplane descended through the trees uncontrolled.
Records show that the pilot has not had a current medical certificate since 1983. He was denied a medical based upon high blood pressure.
The pilot did not complete a Biennial Flight Review as required by Federal Aviation Regulations.
According to the Cessna 150 owner's manual, the take off ground run distance required for the altitude and temperature described by the pilot was 910 feet. To clear a 50 foot obstacle required a distance of 1660 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2677J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065677
- Airframe hours
- 3,053
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A48, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Treybal, Lewis N.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 6, 1993 · 20 hours before
- Destination
- D66 · AK
- Airport
- Johnson River Airstrip
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2677J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.