Cessna 150M N9363U

Summary

On 9 July 1998 at about 20:51 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N9363U, operated by Magnus Erlingsson, was involved in an accident near Vero Beach, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 July 1998 at 20:51

Classification

Accident

Location

Vero Beach, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Vero Beach Municipal A/P (VRB)

Coordinates

27.6403, -80.3900

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N9363U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Magnus Erlingsson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Vero Beach → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL98LA095

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the pilot to obtain flying speed, and the delayed decision to abort the take-off, leading to a loss of control in flight, and the subsequent collision with a ditch.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he and his brother were practicing touch and go landings at Vero Beach Airport. On the second touch and go, he added full power, turned carburetor heat off, and retracted the flaps. The airplane rotated and climbed to approximately 10-20 feet before it started to sink back to the runway. The airplane hit the runway and bounced back into the air three or four times. The pilot's brother, also a private pilot, then took the controls and attempted to regain control of the airplane on the runway. The airplane bounced one more time, broke off the nose landing gear, and impacted the ground, nosing over. After the airplane came to rest, both pilots exited the airplane unhurt. The pilot stated that they did not have sufficient airspeed for the airplane to climb. According to him the normal climb-out speed for a Cessna 150 is 65-70 knots, on takeoff the airspeed indicator was reading between 45 and 55 knots. According to the Cessna 150 flight manual, the flaps up, power off stall speed for a Cessna 150 is 55 miles per hour (48 knots).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.