- Date
- July 25, 1988, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Palmyra, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51413Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880725027869A
- Case key
- 36008
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Cessna N51413 departed Palmyra airpark with full flaps and crashed into a barn about 75 feet past the departure end of runway 35. Afterward, the flap actuator was found in the flap up position. The pilot said that the engine lost 200 to 300 RPM about 300 feet prior to reaching the departure end of the runway 35. This had happened before and carburetor heat generally cleared it up after a minute or so. A witness, located in the arpt bldg with the UNICOM, said that he saw the acft with full flaps down and called on UNICOM 'you've got full flaps on, abort.' The plt later said that he let the passenger make a landing with full flaps and forgot to raise the flaps prior to the last takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51413
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-69993
- Airframe hours
- 5,773
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Gill
- Registered owner
- William A Gill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1988
- Departed
- 6G3 · Palmyra, NY
- Airport
- Palmyra Airpark, runway 35, 3,200 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 782 total · 257 in this make and model · 581 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROC, 29 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.