- Date
- September 18, 1990, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3313VCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900918040769A
- Case key
- 17992
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Probable cause
The loss of directional control by the pilot. The selection of unsuitable terrain is a factor.
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 private pilot landed in a field, thinking it was an airstrip. After touchdown, he realized his mistake and attempted to takeoff. The soft terrain prevented the plane from achieving liftoff speed. The pilot said he lost control during the takeoff attempt, the plane struck a fence and the empennage was broken at the first bulkhead forward of the horizontal stabilizer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3313V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-76457
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Enterprise Aero, Inc., doing business as Acme School Of Aeronautics
- Departed
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 18
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 22 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.