- Date
- September 22, 1984, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N22667Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840922051239A
- Case key
- 12785
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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 plt stated that during the takeoff roll, the window popped open. At about that time, the acft began traveling to the left side of the rwy, but the plt elected to continue the takeoff. While in a nose high attitude to takeoff, the aft fuselage contacted a rwy light. The plt stated that he was unaware of the occurrence & continued the flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22667
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068437
- Airframe hours
- 3,100
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- All Safe Flight, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 6, 1984 · 11 hours before
- Airport
- 2IN2 · Mt. Comfort, runway 25, 5,500 × ft, concrete
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 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.