- Date
- November 5, 1984, 19:15 local (Nov 6, 1984, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Pillager, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N45574Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841105059989A
- Case key
- 12950
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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 took off uphill on a grass rwy that was dew covered. The field was aprx 1600 ft long bordered by 50-75 ft trees. The plt stated that during takeoff roll the acft lights were flickering. He said that the acft was airborne aprx 300 ft before reaching the tree line. According to his statement the acft eng lost power in the climb when the acft was about 20 ft from the tree line. The acft contacted and remained in the trees. On the day following, the acft was removed from the trees; the eng was started & ran normally. The plt used 20 degrees of flaps for takeoff. The acft operating handbookcalled for 10 degrees of flaps and a takeoff distance of 1570 ft to clear a 50 ft obstacle on a dry grass rwy. The unknowns introduced by wet grass, uphill rwy & improper flap setting cannot be calculated accurately.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45574
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076976
- Airframe hours
- 4,307
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Abjj Enterprises Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 13, 1984 · 34 hours before
- Destination
- LXL · Little Falls, MN
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 28 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 25° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.