- Date
- October 3, 1990, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Morrisville, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2911HForney 415D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901003043969A
- Case key
- 36817
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Probable cause
The pilot executing a left turn at an altitude insufficient to clear a corn field located in close proximity to the departure runway.
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 took off from a grass strip that was in close proximity to a corn field. Shortly after take off the pilot started a left turn at a low altitude. The left wing hit the corn and the airplane cart wheeled. The on scene inspection and subsequent engine tear down did not reveal any discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2911H
- Reported as
- Forney 415D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3536
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond W. Ives
- Airport
- Northway
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
- 74
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.