- Date
- May 15, 1980
- Place
- Upperville, VA · UPPERVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N63390Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800515013529A
- Case key
- 136440
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0677 80/5/15 UPPERVILLE,VA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 75 TOTAL TIME - 1815 N63390 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRAPPE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UPPERVILLE,VA HAGERSTOWN,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE REMARKS- PLT STATED DID NOT USE ENTIRE LENGTH OF RWY BECAUSE OF DEPRESSION NEAR CENTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63390
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Trappe
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.