- Date
- January 29, 1989, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Craley, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8806SCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890129001599A
- Case key
- 36373
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Probable cause
The loss of control during takeoff due to a pilot induced stall. Contributing to the accident was the wrong runway selected by the pilot which put the aircraft in a downwind takeoff situation and the pilots misjudgement of the distance it would take the aircraft to clear trees located off the end of the runway.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot said that he landed at a friend's farm which had a small runway and after about 15 minutes he departed. He said he landed to the west and took off to the east. During the takeoff the airplane failed to clear trees at the end of the runway and crashed in a wooded area. The pilot thought that he stalled the airplane during takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8806S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062106
- Airframe hours
- 3,284
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David W. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1988
- Departed
- Winterstown, PA
- Airport
- Private, runway 9
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 316 total · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 285° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8806S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.