- Date
- April 25, 1990, 17:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Brant, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1814MCessna O337F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900425011649A
- Case key
- 36631
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature rotation and failure to obtain airspeed.
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 non certificated pilot attempted to takeoff using an estimated 2000 feet of a 2500 foot alfalpa field. Airplane stalled shortly after takeoff and crashed into trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1814M
- Reported as
- Cessna O337F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33701414
- Airframe hours
- 2,479
- Engine
- Continental IO-360C, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Ttt Enterprise, Inc.
- Registered owner
- T.T.T. Enterprise, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1989 · 97 hours before
- Destination
- Jeffersonville, IN
- Airport
- runway 27, 2,500 × 40 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
- 59
- Flight hours
- 644 total · 269 in this make and model · 622 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.