- Date
- April 6, 1991, 08:50 local (12:50 UTC)
- Place
- California, MD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1504DCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910406009109A
- Case key
- 11623
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Probable cause
The loss of power for undetermined reasons.
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
Witnesses reported the engine was operating erratically as the pilot was taxiing for takeoff. The engine continued to operate erratically during the takeoff run and lift off occurred about halfway down the runway. According to witnesses the airplane climbed slowly and struck trees about 2000 feet beyond the runway. The airplane descended and impacted the ground. The airplane was burned from impact related fire. The examination of the engine did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1504D
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7726
- Engine
- Jacobs R755A-2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Earl Thomas Hull
- Registered owner
- Earl Thomas Hull
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 21, 1990
- Departed
- 2W6
- Destination
- LAL · Lakeland, FL
- Airport
- 2W6 · St. Mary'S County, runway 29, 3,250 × 60 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.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,806 total · 1,726 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 340° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PXT, 9 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.