Cessna 150 N5478Q

Summary

On 26 January 2010 at about 16:20 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N5478Q, operated by Nelson Woodward, was involved in an accident near Taunton, Massachusetts, United States. One person was 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

26 January 2010 at 16:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Taunton, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Taunton Municipal Airport (TAN)

Coordinates

41.8744, -71.0167

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N5478Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Nelson Woodward

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Taunton → Taunton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10CA124

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point during landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was landing on the 3,500-foot-long runway, which was oriented 300 degrees magnetic. Prior to touchdown, the pilot decided to conduct a touch-and-go landing. The pilot stated that after touchdown he moved the carburetor heat to the "cold" position and applied power to take off. The engine "stumbled and popped," and the pilot aborted the takeoff and "applied hard braking." The airplane departed the end of the runway and impacted snow and ice past the runway edge. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine firewall. A witness stated that he saw the airplane "level off" at "the first one-third point" and continue down the runway "at an altitude of 15 feet and estimated 70 knots." He stated that the airplane touched down "on the last quarter of the runway," and he heard tires "squealing." A Federal Aviation Administration inspector who examined the airplane after the accident identified no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures. The recorded weather observation around the time of the accident included winds from 230 degrees at 11 knots, with gusts to 19 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.