- Date
- May 26, 1993, 20:45 local (May 27, 1993, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Brandenburg, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N60347Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930526017159A
- Case key
- 8778
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain adequate airspeed prior to liftoff, leading to an inadvertent stall and loss of aircraft control. Factors related to the accident include the pilot's improper use of flaps and his failure to follow the published procedures for a short/soft field 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 pilot stated that while attempting a simulated short field takeoff from a grass airstrip, he 'applied ten degrees of flaps' as he reached 40 miles per hour. He reported that he then 'lifted the nose wheel well clear of the runway and the right wing dropped and struck the runway'. The airplane cartwheeled. No mechanical malfunctions were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60347
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150702410
- Airframe hours
- 5,070
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert A. Richardson
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Richardson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1992 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- Private, runway 13, 1,800 × 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Observed at
- SDF, 20 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.