- Date
- September 2, 1989, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Colts Neck, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3668VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890902065999A
- Case key
- 36476
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during a rough field takeoff. Contributing factor(s) was: the crosswind and he sunglare in the pilot's eyes.
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 reported that there was a crosswind from the right and the aircraft drifted left until the left main wheel departed the runway, the prop caught a sheet of plastic, and the aircraft flipped over. He also said the sun was directly in his eyes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3668V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076580
- Airframe hours
- 2,565
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gibson Air Academy, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 29, 1989 · 10 hours before
- Destination
- BLM · Belmar-Farming, NJ
- Airport
- COL · Colts Neck, runway 27, 2,500 × 30 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 860 total · 500 in this make and model · 725 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.