- Date
- May 12, 1984, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Trona, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8376MCessna A150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840512019319A
- Case key
- 24264
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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
The acft settled back to the rwy and veered of the left side during takeoff. The plt stated that he attempt a short field takeoff and the acft would not accelerate to more than 60 mph. It settled onto the dirt off the left side of the rwy and groundlooped to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8376M
- Reported as
- Cessna A150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A15000076
- Airframe hours
- 3,340
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Floy D. Kinder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 30, 1983
- Departed
- L72 · Trona, CA
- Airport
- L72 · Trona, runway 35, 5,930 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 75 total · 45 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NID, 60 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.