- Date
- July 4, 1990, 21:30 local (Jul 5, 1990, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Montour Falls, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N10267Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900704027059A
- Case key
- 36679
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's decision to attempt takeoff at night from an inimproved field which resulted in collision with a vehicle.
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 made a forced landing in an open field, refueled and then attempted a takeoff at night. The field was 1800 feet long and the grass was 12 inches high. The pilot could not obtain his takeoff speed and aborted the takeoff. He was unable to stop due to a downslope and ran in to a wagon, displacing it 3 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10267
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074827
- Airframe hours
- 5,502
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- N.Y.Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Mr. Shakeran Bahman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LDS · Linden, NJ
- Destination
- Ponnyan, NY
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 200 in this make and model · 600 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.