- Date
- April 22, 1983, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Altus, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N63385Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830422015209A
- Case key
- 20874
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a barbed wire fence and a ditch during an aborted takeoff. The acft was pulled off the ground prematurely and when it failed to accelerate the CFI aborted the takeoff. During the rollout the acft went through a fence and into a ditch. This was a dual instructional flt. No mechanical malfunctions were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63385
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077275
- Airframe hours
- 2,840
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Altus Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 6, 1982 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- AXS · Altus Municipal, runway 12, 4,000 × 75 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 683 total · 31 in this make and model · 474 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 14° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N63385 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.