- Date
- June 24, 1990, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Hagerstown, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4840BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900624021839A
- Case key
- 14535
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to use all available runway and failure to abort the takeoff.
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 pilot attempted to takeoff from midfield on a 4,000 foot soft grass strip with no flaps. He did not attain lift-off speed, and did not abort the takeoff when he realized he did not have enough speed. At the last moment he tried to get airborne to avoid hitting a residence at the end of the runway. The aircraft hit a vehicle parked in the driveway of the residence and cartwheeled into the attached garage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4840B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283666
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brookville Airpark
- Destination
- I62 · Brookville, OH
- Airport
- I61 · Hagerstown, runway 2, 4,000 × 200 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
- 68
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIE, 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.