- Date
- July 16, 1995, 16:00 local (Jul 17, 1995, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nenana, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1134MCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19950716019129A
- Case key
- 2690
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff. The tailwind was a related factor.
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 elected to takeoff downhill and downwind. When he realized that the airplane would not become airborne before reaching the end of the airstrip, he aborted the takeoff. The airplane struck brush at the end of the airstrip, sheared the main gear, spun around, and crashed into trees tail first.
Factual narrative
On July 16, 1995, at 1600 Alaska daylight time, a wheel equipped Cessna 150 airplane, N1134M, registered to and operated by the pilot, crashed into the brush/trees at Tolovana Hot Springs, Alaska, located 27 nautical miles northwest of Nenana, Alaska. The personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, was departing Tolovana Hot Springs, and the destination was Chena Marina in Fairbanks, Alaska. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged.
According to the pilot, he elected to takeoff downwind and downhill. He realized during the takeoff run that he would not get airborne so he aborted the takeoff. The airplane ran into the brush at the end of the runway. The main landing gear separated from the airplane, the airplane spun around, and went tail first into the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1134M
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071734
- Airframe hours
- 3,807
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph Nyquist
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1994 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- Tolovana Hot Sp, AK
- Destination
- AK28 · Fairbanks, AK
- Airport
- Tolovana Hot Springs, runway 27, 1,500 × 30 ft, grass/turf
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 99 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.