# NTSB FTW82DA358: Cessna 150, N66222, Farmerville, LA, August 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: August 30, 1982, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Farmerville, LA
- Coordinates: 32.770156, -92.400978 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7702&lon=-92.4010&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70669
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA358
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70669/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA358

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

THE PILOT MADE A DOWNWIND TAKEOFF FROM AN INTERSECTION OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO CLEAR TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66222](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66222-2013-02-13), registration cancelled 2013-02-13, S/N 15075930, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075930
- Airframe hours: 2642
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James Earl Alexander
- Registered owner: John D. Bolton
- Departed: FARMERVILLE, LA
- Destination: FARMERVILLE, LA
- Airport: runway 34, 3,000 × 0 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,040 in this make and model, 4,335 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 199 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MLU, 25 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820830042729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820830042729A), Aug 30, 1982: Cessna 150M, Farmerville, LA, Destroyed. Pilot attempted takeoff downwind and from intersection. Aircraft hit trees off end of runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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