- Date
- April 17, 1982, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6687GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820417009979A
- Case key
- 71167
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Aborted takeoff - delayedCause
Analysis
After rotation the airspeed would not accelerate past 60 mph during climbout. The instructor took over and after realizing that the aircraft would not climb above 10 feet attempted to land on the remaining 1/3 of the runway. The aircraft floated and ended up in trees off the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6687G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072187
- Airframe hours
- 3,845
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis Huff
- Registered owner
- Tar Hill Aviation Inc.
- Departed
- NC41 · Jacksonville, NC
- Destination
- NC41 · Jacksonville, NC
- Airport
- NC41 · Sky Manor, runway 26, 3,500 × 0 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,813 total · 167 in this make and model · 1,999 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.