- Date
- April 27, 1990, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Turbotville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2720SCessna C-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900427012939A
- Case key
- 36633
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Probable cause
The pilot to maintain sufficent flying speed for takeoff when strong winds were encountered.
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
During an attempted takeoff from a private strip the flight encountered variable winds. The aircraft was unable to continue flight at which time the pilot pulled power and wheel back and aborted takeoff. After touchdown brakes were applied. The aircraft continued rolling until it crossed the runway end and the nose wheel caught in the driveway mount and collapsed. The aircraft flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2720S
- Reported as
- Cessna C-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066620
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael W. Ogborne
- Registered owner
- Unkown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- Turbotville, PA
- Airport
- runway 36, 1,800 × 0 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 654 total · 565 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- -0 °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.