- Date
- March 13, 1985, 09:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Decatur, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N60649Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850313006779A
- Case key
- 6760
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
During eng start the acft accelerated into two parked acft causing substantial damage. The plt stated that the toe brakes were ineffective. Post crash investigation failed to disclose a preexisting failure or malfunction which may haverendered the brakes inop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60649
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070477
- Airframe hours
- 8,187
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jim Neuman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 22, 1985 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- DCU
- Airport
- DCU · Pryor Field
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 797 total · 455 in this make and model · 736 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.