- Date
- April 6, 1991, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pinebluff, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N46GBCessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910406010959A
- Case key
- 8392
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff. The pilot's failure to calculate the aircraft's performance for the existing conditions was a factor related to the accident.
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 private pilot stated that during takeoff from a private sod airfield, the airplane did not become airborne at the point at which he had become accustomed. He attempted to abort the takeoff. The airplane propeller hit the ground, and the airplane nosed over on the runway. An investigation revealed that the pilot had not calculated the performance data for the aircraft weight and environmental conditions which existed at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46GB
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11991
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Williams, David E.
- Registered owner
- Williams, David E.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- Private, runway 27, 2,600 × 75 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 159 total · 36 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Observed at
- FAY, 29 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.