- Date
- July 31, 1991, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Marietta, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6335SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910731030839A
- Case key
- 23376
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was his attempt to takeoff without using all available runway.
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
During a daylight departure from a private airstrip, the pilot lost control and ran off the runway resulting in the airplane being destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire. The pilot had landed at the private airstrip owned by a local restaurant with the intent of eating a meal. A worker signalled by waving his arms that the restaurant was closed so the pilot attempted a short field takeoff as had been demonstrated to him by his instructor. Full power was applied and when brakes were released the airplane swerved to the left into an embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6335S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067135
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Industries, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Eagle Industries, Inc.
- Departed
- T67 · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- T40 · Mc Gehee, runway 17, 2,450 × 55 ft, grass/turf
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 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.