- Date
- May 30, 1989, 17:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Trinity, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1115TCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890530013389A
- Case key
- 8035
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to select a suitable takeoff area based on the weight of the aircraft and the atmospheric conditions at the time of takeoff.
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 student pilot was attempting a visual departure from a private airstrip which went downhill for about the first 1,000 feet and uphill for the second half. The pilot reported that the airplane would not climb after liftoff and the airspeed began to drop. The pilot elected to crash land in trees when the airspeed reached about 40 mph. The o.a.t. was 88 degrees. The density altitude was about 2800 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1115T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-61803
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jeffery Wagoner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Quiet Acres, runway 10, 2,000 × 40 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N1115T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.