# NTSB NYC82DA205: Cessna 150M, N714EY, Ceres, NY, August 20, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 20, 1982, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Ceres, NY
- Coordinates: 42.000865, -78.270149 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0009&lon=-78.2701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70178
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA205
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70178/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA205

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff
  - lowering of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 150-79130
- Airframe hours: 3411
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820820040159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820820040159A), Aug 20, 1982: Cessna 150M, Ceres, PA, Destroyed. Crash occurred during attempted takeoff from wet, Private strip. Pilot did not use soft field procedure.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.