# Accident 20030103001319A: Cessna 150K, Wayne County, GA, January 3, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2003, 14:10 local time
- Place: Wayne County, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4317° N, 81.8200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4317&lon=-81.8200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6098G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6098G-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,028 total, 800 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030103001319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 3, 2003, MR. LAWRENCE THOMAS WILLIAMS (FAA CERT# 413343941) WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF A CESSNA 150 AIRPLANE (N6098G) ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM SAINT SIMONS ISLAND, GEORGIA (KSSI), TO MACON, GEORGIA (KMCN). THERE WERE NO OTHER PERSONS ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE. N6098G DEPARTED MALCOLM MCKINNON FIELD (KSSI), ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GEORGIA, ON VFR FLIGHTPLAN AT 1330Z (UNIVERSAL TIME) ON JANUARY 3, 2003. ABOUT 1410Z, APPROXIMATELY 40-MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING KSSI, THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. N6098G WAS FLYING BETWEEN SSI AND AMG ON AIRWAY V362 AT 6,000 FT. WHEN IT LOST POWER. N6098G INFORMED MACON FLIGHT SERVICE (MCN AFSS) THAT THE FLIGHT WAS HAVING FUEL PROBLEMS AND WAS LOSING ALTITUDE. THERE WAS NO FURTHER RADIO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN N6098G AND MCN FSS--THE FLIGHT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO RESTORE ENGINE POWER, BUT HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. DURING DESCENT, THE PIC MANEUVERED THE AIRPLANE TO MAKE AN OFF-FIELD LANDING LAND IN A FORESTED AREA COMPRISED OF YOUNG PINE TREES GROWING IN DEEPLY FURROWED EARTHEN ROWS. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE ON A HARD-PACKED DIRT SERVICE ROAD, BUT DURING THE LANDING FLARE THE LEFT WINGTIP OF THEAIRPLANE STRUCK A SMALL PINE TREE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROLLED FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE TURNED LEFT, AND THE NOSEWHEEL IMPACTED SOFT GROUND AND BROKE OFF. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK WITH THE WINGS RESTING FLAT UPON THE GROUND. THE WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT LOCATED THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE NEAR FLOWERS BREAK ROAD IN WAYNE COUNTY, GEORGIA (N31.25.9-W081.49.2). ALTHOUGH THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN THE CRASH, THE PIC WAS UNINJURED. NO PERSONS ON THE GROUND WERE INJURED, AND GROUND PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO BROKEN TREE BRANCHES.

## 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 MIA03LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA044), Jan 3, 2003: Cessna 150K (N6098G), Jessup, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was unsuitable terrain.

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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