# Accident 20030503009119A: Cessna 150G, Tuskegee, AL, May 3, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2003, 16:45 local time
- Place: Tuskegee, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3006° N, 86.3842° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3006&lon=-86.3842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2938J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2938J-2004-05-11) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 45 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030503009119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS FLYING AT APPROXIMATELY 4,500 FEET WHEN HE NEARLY HIT A LARGE GOOSE, HE THEN LOOKED TO THE LEFT AND SAW APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 GEESE AT WHICH TIME HE HIT ONE GOOSE WITH THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE COWLING WITH OTHERS APPARENTLY COLLIDING WITH THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SHUTTER AND BEGAN AN UNCONTROLLED ROLL TO THE LEFT WHICH REQUIRED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RIGHT AILERON TO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT BEGAN LOOKING FOR A LOCATION TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT LOCATED AN OPEN FIELD THAT RESEMBLED A GRASS STRIP AND INITIATED A 180 DEGREE LEFT DOWNWIND APPROACH, AIRCRAFT FLAPS SET AT 20 PERCENT AND APPROXIMATELY 70 KNOTS OF AIRSPEED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND WHILE STILL AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WAS APPROACHING A TREELINE, THE PILOT BELIEVED THAT HE WOULD NOT GET THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN TIME SO HE INITIATED A GO AROUND, APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND ROLLED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT TO MAKE AN OPENING BETWEEN TREES AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A TREE APPROXIMATELY FORTY FEET HIGH, THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 180 DEGREES WITH A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. (-23 AMENDMENT) PILOT DEPARTED COLUMBUS, GEORGIA (CSG) ON A CROSS COUNTRY F LIGHT TO MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA (MGM) WHILE WORKING ON HIS COMMERCIAL RATING. PILOT WAS FLYING AT APPROXIMATELY 4,500 FEET WHEN HE NEARLY HIT A LARGE GOOSE, HE THEN LOOKED TO THE LEFT AND SAW APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 GEESE AT WHICH TIME HE HIT ONE GOOSE WITH THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE COWLING WITH OTHERS APPARENTLY COLLIDING WITH THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SHUTTER AND BEGAN AN UNCONTROLLED ROLL TO THE LEFT WHICH REQUIRED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RIGHT AILERON TO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT BEGAN LOOKING FOR A LOCATION TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT LOCATED AN OPEN FIELD THAT RESEMBLED A GRASS STRIP AND INITIATED A 180 DEGREE LEFT DOWNWIND APPROACH, AIRCRAFT FLAPS SET AT 20 PERCENT AND APPROXIMATELY 70 KNOTS OF AIRSPEED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND WHILE STILL AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WAS APPROACHING A TREELINE, THE PILOT BELIEVED THAT HE WOULD NOT GET THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN TIME SO HE INITIATED A GO AROUND, APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND ROLLED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT TO MAKE AN OPENING BETWEEN TREES AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A TREE APPROXIMATELY FORTY FEET HIGH, THE AIRCRAFT SPUN 180 DEGREES WITH A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

## 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 ATL03LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA086), May 3, 2003: Cessna 150G (N2938J), Montgomery, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight collision with birds that resulted in a partial loss of engine power, and subsequent in-flight collision with trees while maneuvering for an emergency landing.

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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