- Date
- September 6, 2006, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Laurel, MT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6581TCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20060906018459A
- Case key
- 64493
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Probable cause
The pilot's excessive application of the brakes during an aborted takeoff, which resulted in a nose over.
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
According to the pilot, during the takeoff roll, she did not feel the airplane was accelerating "as normal" and made a decision to abort the takeoff. The pilot stated that "upon applying the brakes the aircraft rolled onto its back." The pilot further stated that the accident could have been prevented by making the decision to abort the landing sooner and by not braking as hard.
Factual narrative
On September 6, 2006, about 0930 mountain daylight time, a tail wheel equipped Cessna 150, N6581T, nosed over during an aborted takeoff at a private airstrip in Laurel, Montana. The airplane, which was registered to and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. The commercial pilot and passenger received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the 14 CFR Part 91 local personal flight and no flight plan was filed. The flight was originating when the accident occurred.
According to the pilot, during the takeoff roll, she did not feel the airplane was accelerating "as normal" and made a decision to abort the takeoff. The pilot stated that "upon applying the brakes the aircraft rolled onto its back." The pilot further stated that the accident could have been prevented by making the decision to abort the landing sooner and by not braking as hard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6581T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17981
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Laurel, MT
- Airport
- NONE · Private airstrip, runway 04
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 2,616 total · 63 in this make and model · 81 in the last 90 days · 56 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N6581T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.