# NTSB NYC84LA282: Cessna 150M, N63351, Claremont, NH, August 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 19, 1984, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: Claremont, NH
- Location: 43.3705° N, 72.3682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLAREMONT MUNI (CNH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3705&lon=-72.3682&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): 35742
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA282
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35742/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA282

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff
  - aborted takeoff - initiated, pilot in command
  - object - runway light (contributing factor)
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLT, PRACTICING LANDINGS, THE STUDENT TOOKOFF ON A SOLO FLT. HE MADE 2 TAKEOFFS & LANDINGS WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON HIS 3RD TAKEOFF, THE ACFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE LEFT. THE STUDENT SAID HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT THE SITUATION, BUT HE DID NOT COUNTER THE DRIFT. THEREFORE, HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, HOWEVER, THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY & HIT A PA-28, N9955W.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63351](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63351-2002-03-04), registration cancelled 2002-03-04, S/N 15077256, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077256
- Airframe hours: 1796
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Eugene J. Augustinowicz
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Unknown, June 4, 1981, 1,760 hours before
- Airport: CNH, Claremont, runway 11, 3,100 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

## Other investigations on N63351 (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 IAD01FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01FA097), Aug 14, 2001: Cessna 150 (N63351), Mcgaheysville, VA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to recover from a spin for undetermined reasons.

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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