# Accident 19960304003509A: Cessna 150L, Cumming, GA, March 4, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Cumming, GA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2061° N, 84.1338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cumming, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2061&lon=-84.1338&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7176G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7176G-1997-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 100 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL96LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960304003509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TRIED GO AROUND SHORT STRIP. DUMPED FLAPS. BEHIND POWER CURVE. UNABLE CLEAR RISING TERRAIN. STRUCK TREES AND GROUND

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL96LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96LA057), Mar 4, 1996: Cessna 150L (N7176G), Cummings, GA, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's abrupt retraction of the flaps and his failure to coordinate airspeed with flap retraction which resulted in the lack of airplane performance.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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