- Date
- August 12, 1990, 20:20 local (Aug 13, 1990, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Salem, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7983FCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900812033369A
- Case key
- 36714
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Probable cause
The airplane overran the end of the runway into a corn field after an aborted takeoff, due to the engine cowling door opening. Contributing to the accident was pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff.
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 airplane overran the end of the runway into a corn field after an aborted takeoff, due to the engine cowling door opening. Contributing to the accident was pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7983F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064083
- Airframe hours
- 4,415
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas C. Long
- Registered owner
- Kenneth Koons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1990 · 6 hours before
- Destination
- 8G8
- Airport
- 8G8 · Koons, runway 27, 1,850 × 100 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 408 total · 408 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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.