- Date
- August 12, 1986, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6455GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860812042959A
- Case key
- 30405
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt lost directional control of the acft during takeoff run. The acft traveled off the side of the rwy into tall grass and nosed over. The plt stated that he may have pressed the brake pedal inadvertently instead of the rudder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6455G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071955
- Airframe hours
- 4,712
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stuart P. Dauchy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 3, 1986
- Departed
- Springfield, VT
- Destination
- Jamaica, VT
- Airport
- VSF · Hartness State, runway 23, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 308 total · 250 in this make and model · 274 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.