- Date
- May 13, 1993, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N10011Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930513013829A
- Case key
- 15714
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment.
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 instructor (CFI) was demonstrating a soft field takeoff when the accident occurred. Both the instructor and student reported seeing the mowing tractor off the west side of the runway prior to the takeoff. Both stated that as the nose of the airplane was lowered after becoming airborne, they saw the tractor directly to the left side of the airplane. The CFI stated he veered right in an attempt to avoid the tractor; however, the left wing contacted the roll bar of the tractor. The CFI reduced the power and landed on the remaining runway. The tractor operator stated he saw the airplane taking off and was making a right turn to move further away from the runway when the airplane veered to the left and struck the tractor. A slight right crosswind was present at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10011
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074752
- Airframe hours
- 4,638
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Skyline Aviation
- Registered owner
- Braddock Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 28, 1993 · 40 hours before
- Destination
- SUS · Chesterfield, MO
- Airport
- MO49 · Washington Memorial, runway 34, 3,280 × 49 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 925 total · 240 in this make and model · 860 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.