# NTSB MIA85LA256: Cessna 150L, N1767Q, Indiantown, FL, September 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 15, 1985, 16:04 local (20:04 UTC)
- Place: Indiantown, FL
- Location: 27.0400° N, 80.4882° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indiantown, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0400&lon=-80.4882&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31452
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA256
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31452/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA256

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - performance data - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT ATTEMPTED A TAKE-OFF FROM AN INTERMEDIATE POINT OF A DAMP, SOFT, TURF RWY. A 70 DEG. LEFT X-WIND OF APPROX 25 KTS EXISTED AT THE TIME. THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE BUT WAS UNABLE TO CLEAR TREES AT THE END OF THE RWY. THEE ACFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE CRASH & THE PAX SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE PLT WAS UNINJURED. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF HE HAD USED THE FULL LENGTH OF THE RWY & HAD NOT ATTEMPTED A TAKE-OFF IN SUCH HIGH X-WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORT MOMENTS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1767Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073067
- Airframe hours: 4000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 SERIES 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ronald G. Bender
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 25, 1984, 22 hours before
- Departed: X58
- Destination: APF, NAPLES, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 308 total, 308 in this make and model, 283 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 17 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 28 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850915044909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850915044909A), Sep 15, 1985: Cessna 150L, Indiantown, FL, Destroyed. Took off from intermediate point on soft, damp sod strip. Rotated early, snagged trees, settled and hit a canal.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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