- Date
- July 13, 1993, 16:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- East Corinth, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50896Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930713023259A
- Case key
- 11954
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of airspeed while making a precautionary landing without airspeed indication, and the block pitot tube.
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
During a short field takeoff, the pilot realized that the airspeed indicator was not working. He reported that the field was too short to safely abort the takeoff. After takeoff, he made a 180 and returned to land. The airplane floated down the runway, and because the runway was short he forced the airplane to the runway which resulted in a porpoise. While correcting for the porpoise the airplane ran off the end of the runway. The pilot maneuvered the airplane between two buildings and under powerlines. The airplane finally hit a curb and nosed down. The pitot tube was dismantled and found full of small worms.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50896
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069625
- Airframe hours
- 4,737
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas Stephenson
- Registered owner
- Thomas Stephenson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1992 · 55 hours before
- Airport
- East Corinth, runway 28, 1,900 × 40 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 353 total · 284 in this make and model · 284 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGR, 15 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.