- Date
- February 12, 1983, 17:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1687QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830212074899A
- Case key
- 20810
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that he was making a short field takeoff with 10 deg of flaps & lifted off at '55 IAS.' A witness reported that the acft took off about 800 ft down the runway, climbed steeply to aprx 30 ft AGL, then fell off on the left wing & crashed. Reportedly, the engine was operating at full power. The plt was unable to remember what specifically happened after lift-off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1687Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-72887
- Airframe hours
- 4,046
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank W. Rgnonti
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 26, 1982 · 88 hours before
- Destination
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- GLE · Gainesville, runway 35, 4,300 × ft, asphalt
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
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 347 total · 327 in this make and model · 261 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.