- Date
- February 27, 1993, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Knoxville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8958SCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930227050889A
- Case key
- 11911
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to plow the runway adequately.
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 reported that he plowed about a 10 foot wide strip down the runway which was snow covered. He stated during the takeoff ground run, the left wheel encountered some crusty snow causing the airplane to pull to the left into deeper snow. The nose wheel collapsed and the airplane nosed down causing substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot stated in the safety recommendations section of his report, '...should have plowed strip wider. Snow was crusty...with considerable drag.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8958S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062258
- Airframe hours
- 3,661
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joel W. Cumberledge Jr.
- Registered owner
- Joel W. Cumberledge Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1992 · 117 hours before
- Departed
- 6PS3 · Champ Field, PA
- Airport
- 6PS3 · Champ Field, runway 27, 2,000 × 50 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 678 total · 675 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.