# NTSB NYC86LA209: Cessna 150, N6455G, Springfield, VT, August 12, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1986, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Springfield, VT
- Location: 43.3437° N, 72.5173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTNESS STATE (SPRINGFIELD) (VSF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3437&lon=-72.5173&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30405
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA209
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30405/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA209

## 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
  - brakes(normal) - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6455G-2013-04-29), registration cancelled 2013-04-29, S/N 15071955, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071955
- Airframe hours: 4712
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860812042959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860812042959A), Aug 12, 1986: Cessna STC150, Springfield, VT, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the runway on takeoff roll. The pilot may have hit the brakes on the converted tail dragger

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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