- Date
- January 12, 1988, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Carolina Beach, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N50738Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880112000499A
- Case key
- 7694
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft sustained substantial airframe damage when the acft collided with the ground following an aborted t/o. the instructor reported that the student pulled the throttle back after the aircraft broke ground. The instructor attempted to recover, but the engine did not respond. The a/c rolled off the departure end of rwy 09 into a busy hwy. the a/c examination failed to disclose any system problem. Wilmington's temp/dewpoint was 41/31 respectively, indicating that carburetor icing was likely if operations were sustained without the use of carburetor heat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50738
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069520
- Airframe hours
- 3,697
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Landon W. Sloan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1987 · 6 hours before
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 10,822 total · 2,510 in this make and model · 10,597 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 5° at 45 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICM
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 N50738 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.