- Date
- March 1, 2026, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Okeechobee, FL · Airport Property
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N10310Cessna 150L
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260301001889A
- Case key
- 202566
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the initial ground effect phase of a soft field takeoff, the airplane drifted left of the runway centerline. The left wing subsequently impacted trees near the edge of the runway and came to rest against a tree line adjacent to the turf runway. The airplane’s fuselage, left wing, and left horizontal stabilizer were substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10310
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074836
- Built
- 1973
- Airframe hours
- 3,682
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Solow Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 20, 2026 · 52 hours before
- Destination
- FPR · Ft Pierce, FL
- Airport
- FD70 · River Acres, runway 15, 3,875 × 66 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 26, 2025
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,000.8 total · 346.8 in this make and model · 878 as pilot in command · 164.6 in the last 90 days · 55.7 in the last 30 days · 3.2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- OBE, 11 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KOBE 012135Z AUTO 05010G17KT 10SM FEW029 SCT034 BKN080 25/19 A3004 RMK AO2
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.