- Date
- October 1, 1992, 09:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6374SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921001039369A
- Case key
- 37245
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature liftoff and 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
Immediately after lift off, from a wet grass runway, the pilot aborted the take off. The pilot stated that once airborne, the airplane felt 'too mushy' and that his rate of climb would not allow the airplane to clear the wires at the end of the runway. The airplane overran the departure end of the runway, slid across a road and impacted an embankment. A post crash fire consumed the engine compartment and the instrument panel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6374S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067174
- Airframe hours
- 2,622
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rodney V. Bowers
- Registered owner
- Rodney V. Bowers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1992 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- 3PA8 · PA
- Destination
- TGI · Tangier Island, VA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3PA8 · Harris, runway 36, 1,800 × 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 191 total · 113 in this make and model · 98 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6374S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.