# Accident 19991201036819A: Cessna 150M, Morristown, TN, December 1, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1999, 17:00 local time
- Place: Morristown, TN
- Airport: Moore-Murrell Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2092° N, 83.2895° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2092&lon=-83.2895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704YE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704YE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 6 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991201036819A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON DECEMBER 1, 1999, ABOUT 1700 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N704YE, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED ON LANDING AT MOORE-MURRELL AIRPORT, MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE SAME AIRPORT ABOUT 1 HOUR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO FAA PERSONNEL, DURING THE STUDENT PILOT'S THIRD SOLO LANDING, THE AIRPLANE DEVELOPED A LEFT YAW DURING THE FLARE THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY CORRECTED FOR, AND THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT RUNWAY EDGE.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE WINGS WERE DAMAGED.  THE AIRPORT'S 1700 REPORTED SURFACE WINDS WERE CALM.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (-23) STUDENT PILOT, SOLO, PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS, ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO DRIFT LEFT AND USED IMPROPER CONTROL INPUTS. ATTEMPTED TO ABORT TAKE OFF BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE LEAVING THE RUNWAY. SOFT DIRT CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE WHICH RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME. (.4)THE STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING SOLO TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS , AND ON HIS THIRD LANDING, AS HE WAS APPLYING POWER FOR THE TAKEOFF, THE AIRPLANE VEERED LEFT. DESPITE HIS APPLICATION OF RIGHT RUDDER THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED OFF THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, COLLAPSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, AND STRIKING THE TERRAIN WITH THE RIGHT WINGTIP, INDUCING A LEFT 'CARTWHEEL'. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS ON IT'S NOSE AND LEFT WING, HAVING SUSTAINED WING SPAR AND FIREWALL DAMAGE.

## 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 MIA00LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA037), Dec 1, 1999: Cessna 150M (N704YE), Morristown, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff phase of a touch and go landing, and the subsequent skid off the runway and collapsed nose landing gear during the attempt to…

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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