- Date
- April 12, 1978
- Place
- Salisbury, NC · SALISBURY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4756XCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780412007469A
- Case key
- 142229
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0840 78/4/12 NR.SALISBURY,NC CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 54 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N4756X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRASS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALISBURY,NC SALISBURY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF REMARKS- 1750FT UNIMPROVED FIELD,TREES AT END. PILOT OVER ROTATED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4756X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grass Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.