- Date
- August 20, 1982, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ceres, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N714EYCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820820040159A
- Case key
- 70178
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Overrun
Lowering of flaps - not performedFactor
Aborted takeoff - delayedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wetFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Nose over
Analysis
The pilot made a precautionary landing on a private airstrip to await passage of thunderstorms. Two plus hours later, a takeoff was attempted and aborted. The aircraft contacted a ditch and nosed over. No flaps were used for short field takeoff. Braking was ineffectual on the wet grass runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714EY
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-79130
- Airframe hours
- 3,411
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert W. Grover
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Grover
- Departed
- Ceres, NY
- Destination
- Ceres, NY
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 326 total · 114 in this make and model · 114 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.