- Date
- September 21, 1969
- Place
- Romney, IN · ROMNEY, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8309GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151758
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4108 69/9/21 ROMNEY,IND CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 487 TIME - 0915 N8309G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 294 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRIMES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROMNEY,IND VINCENNES,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 74 120 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 11 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- NOSE GR STRUCK RUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8309G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grimes
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