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| NTSB Identification: ATL01LA052. |
| Accident occurred Wednesday, May 09, 2001 at Maryville, TN |
| Aircraft: Cessna 150H, registration: N6614S |
| Injuries: 1 Serious |
| Event: 20010516X00938 Status: Factual |
| NTSB Preliminary Narrative (6120.19A) |
| On May 9, 2001, at 1430 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150H, N6614S, collided with a barb wire fence and trees on the departure end of the |
| runway at a private airstrip in Maryville, Tennessee. The personal flight was conducted by the pilot under provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with |
| no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private pilot |
| received serious injuries. The flight departed from a grass strip in Maryville, Tennessee, at 1430. |
| According to pilot, he "departed in a westerly direction and the landing gear caught on a barbwire fence after liftoff causing the accident." The |
| flight continued another 100 feet and the left wing struck a 30 foot tall tree. The airplane continued for another 100 feet and collided with the |
| ground, hitting its right wing first. The nose struck the grass at a near vertical attitude, and then the left wing tip collided with the ground. |
| The density altitude was approximately 2000 feet,, and according to published takeoff performance data from a hard surface runway, the |
| takeoff distance to clear a 50-foot obstacle is 1660 feet. The ground run for the takeoff is 910 feet. The pilot reported the runway length of the |
| grass airstrip as 1100 feet. No mechanical problems with the airplane were noted during the examination of the airplane. A review of weather |
| data disclosed conditions favorable for the formation of carburetor icing. The pilot did not report computing the takeoff distance from the grass |
| strip using the Cessna 150H performance charts. |
| Occurrences and Sequence of Events |
| No Occurrence records were found for: |
| NTSB Identification: ATL01LA052 |
| Event ID: 20010516X00938 |
| Aircraft Key: 1 |
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