- Date
- November 11, 1989, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean City, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N63009Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891111044969A
- Case key
- 11572
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to obtain proper assistance or properly secure (tie down/chock) the aircraft.
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 pilot started the engine by handpropping with a non-pilot passenger in the right seat applying brakes. A wheel chock was put in front of the left main wheel. According to the pilot, after the engine was started and as she was about to board the aircraft, the passenger pushed the throttle full forward. The aircraft went about 420 ft before it struck a fence and stopped. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63009
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077045
- Airframe hours
- 2,236
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Audrey M. Anhalt
- Registered owner
- Audrey Anhalt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1989 · 16 hours before
- Destination
- 1W2 · White Marsh, MD
- Airport
- 26N · Ocean City, runway 24, 2,970 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 270 in this make and model · 240 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.