# Accident 20010512010079A: Cessna 150G, Dunlap, TN, May 12, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2001, 10:25 local time
- Place: Dunlap, TN
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 35.4453° N, 85.4567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4453&lon=-85.4567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3370J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3370J-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01FA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010512010079A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON MAY 12, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1025 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150G, N3370J, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE GROUND WHILE MANEUVERING OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN NEAR DUNLAP, TENNESSEE. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED JOHN C. TUNE AIRPORT IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE AT 0930. REPORTEDLY, THE PILOT'S DESTINATION AIRPORT WAS IN COPPERHILL, TENNESSEE. AFTER TAKEOFF FROM JOHN C. TUNE AIRPORT, THE PILOT ESTABLISHED RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT WITH NASHVILLE APPROACH CONTROL. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED THROUGH NASHVILLE'S AIRSPACE AND RADIO CONTACT WAS NOT MAINTAINED. HOWEVER, RADAR CONTACT WAS MAINTAINED UNTIL THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED MANEUVERING IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT SITE. WITNESSES ALSO OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE AS IT CIRCLED LEFT AND SUBSEQUENTLY MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN, THEN SPIRALED DOWN. WHEN THE FLIGHT FAILED TO ARRIVE AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT , THE AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE PLANE WAS MISSING. AN AERIAL AND GROUND SEARCH WAS STARTED AND LASTED 14 DAYS. THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND ON MT. FREDONIA BY A GROUND SEARCH PARTY ON SATURDAY MAY 26, 2001. EXAMINATION AT THE ACCIDENT SITE DISCLOSED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD COLLIDED WITH TREES AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE EXAMINATION ALSO DISCLOSED THAT WRECKAGE DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED OVER AN AREA OF 80 FEET LONG AND 25 FEET WIDE. THE CESSNA WAS FOUND IN A NEAR VERTICAL NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRPLANE HAD AN IMPACT HEADING OF 310 DEGREES. THE CRASH SITE WAS AT A FIELD ELEVATION OF 2,212 FEET. THE RIGHT WING WAS FOUND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WRECKAGE WRAPPED AROUND A TREE. THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER WERE EMBEDDED 18 INCHES INTO THE GROUND. LOCAL AUTHORITIES STATED, AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, THERE WAS RAIN AND LOW CLOUDS. (-23) AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREE ANGLE.  ENGINE WAS APPARENTLY DEVELOPING POWER AT IMPACT AS EVIDENCED BY PROPELLER CONDITION AND CUTS ON NUMEROUS TREES.

## 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 ATL01FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01FA059), May 12, 2001: Cessna 150 G (N3370J), Dunlap, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed that resulted in a stall and subsequent loss of control in flight.

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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