Cessna 150M N714BP

Summary

On 18 April 1983 at about 00:00 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N714BP was involved in an accident near Axtell, Nebraska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 April 1983 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Axtell, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

40.4697, -99.1196

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N714BP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Holdrege

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83LA091

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE BEGAN TAKING OFF ON A 1310 FT RWY THAT WAS DRY BUT SPONGY. THE ELEVATION WAS REPORTED AS 2210 FT, THE WIND WAS CALM, AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS 55 DEG. THE FLAPS WERE SET AT 10 DEG. REPORTEDLY, THE ACFT LIFTED OFF, BUT SETTLED BACK TO THE RWY, THEN LIFTED OFF AGAIN. THE PLT BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT CLEARING 15 FT TREES AT THE END OF THE RWY AND DECIDED TO ABORT. DURING THE ABORT, THE ACFT CAME DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR WHICH FOLDED AFT. THE ACFT THEN WENT INTO AN ADJACENT CORN STUBBLE FIELD BESIDE THE RWY AND NOSED OVER. THE COMPUTED TAKEOFF DISTANCE TO CLEAR A 50 FT OBSTACLE (FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS) WAS APRX 1660 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.