Pilot Debrief

CESSNA 150F near Tracy, CA — 2025-06-28

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Date
2025-06-28
Location
Tracy, CA, USA
Airport
TCY
Aircraft
CESSNA 150F
Registration
N6744F
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

NTSB has not published a probable cause for this accident yet. Preliminary reports describe what happened; the cause is determined later, often 12–24 months after the event.

NTSB narrative

On June 28, 2025, about 1420 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150F, N6744F, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Tracy Municipal Airport (TCY), Tracy, California. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that she was enroute from Palo Alto, California to Rancho Murieta, California, and had landed at TCY to refuel. After completing a preflight, with no anomalies or concerns noted regarding the flight controls, the pilot decided to perform a soft field take-off for departure on runway 30. As the airplane lifted off the runway the pilot pitched the nose down to increase airspeed. The airplane drifted left, descended and impacted terrain adjacent to a taxiway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the right wing and engine mounts were substantially damaged.

Preliminary NTSB coding

  • Flight control sys malf/fail · Takeoff
View NTSB preliminary report

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