# NTSB NYC84LA216: Cessna C150, N66078, Marlboro, NJ, June 21, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 21, 1984, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Marlboro, NJ
- Location: 39.4871° N, 75.3246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marlboro, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4871&lon=-75.3246&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA216
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35689/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA216

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lift-off - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, other
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

DURING TAKEOFF THE PLT SAID THAT THE POWER WAS SLOW TO BUILD AND WHEN HE TRIED TO ROTATE AT 55 KTS HE NOTICED THE RPM AT2300 SO HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. THE ACFT WENT PAST THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY INTO A DITCH BEFORE STOPPING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66078](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66078-2018-05-31), registration cancelled 2018-05-31, S/N 15075818 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 66078
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Deep Run Repair & Acft Mainten
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 8, MARLBORO, NJ
- Airport: 2N8, Marlboro, runway 9, 2,170 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 77 total, 62 in this make and model, 23 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 84 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19840621070569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840621070569A), Jun 21, 1984: Cessna 150M, Marlboro, NJ, Substantial damage. Aborted the takeoff due to poor acceleration. Ran off the end of the runway and struck a ditch.

## Other investigations on N66078 (1)

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.

- [NTSB IAD75DIA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75DIA21), Apr 22, 1975: Cessna 150 (N66078), Clifton, VA, substantial damage

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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