# NTSB CHI84LA363: Cessna 150, N50699, Brookville, OH, August 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1984, 23:55 local (Aug 26, 1984, 03:55 UTC)
- Place: Brookville, OH
- Coordinates: 39.82986, -84.409873 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8299&lon=-84.4099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12753
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA363
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12753/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA363

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,static (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE CFI MADE A SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING ON A HIGHWAY MEDIAN STRIP WHILE ON A DUAL NIGHT X-COUNTRY FLT AFTER A PWR LOSS OCCURRED. CFI DRAINED THE FUEL SUMPS AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. HE THEN DECIDED TO TAKEOFF FROM THE MEDIAN AND FLY THE ACFT BACK TO THE ARPT WITHOUT THE STUDENT ON BOARD. AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE CFI TURNED OFF THE LANDING LIGHT BECAUSE OF ONCOMING HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. THE ACFT STRUCK AN UNMARKED POWER LINE. CFI WAS ABLE TO RELAND THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50699](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50699-2000-08-08), registration cancelled 2000-08-08, S/N 15069492 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069492
- Airframe hours: 4263
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rocky Howard
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 21, 1984, 31 hours before
- Destination: I62, BROOKVILLE, OH
- Airport: I62, Brookville

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 11,900 total, 350 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAY, 13 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840825073739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840825073739A), Aug 25, 1984: Cessna 150J, Brookville, OH, Substantial damage. While attempting takeoff from median on highway aircraft struck powerlines.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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