# Accident 20160629014299A: Cessna 150L, Peachtree City, GA, June 29, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2016, 19:30 local time
- Place: Peachtree City, GA
- Airport: Atlanta Regional Falcon Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3736° N, 84.5847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3736&lon=-84.5847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1567Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1567Q-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 39 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160629014299A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT COMPLETED PREFLIGHT AND GOT INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THE CROSS COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT FROM THE INSTRUCTOR BEFORE TAKE OFF. THIS AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN 2 TIMES PREVIOUS TO THIS FLIGHT ON THAT DAY. LOADED 13 GAL. FUEL. PILOT LATER DEPARTED FROM FFC RW31. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS NOTED. UPON REACHING ABOUT 400 FT, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND STOPPED. PILOT CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT AND LOWERED THE NOSE FOR A LANDING ON THE GOLF COURSE JUST AHEAD. PILOT TUCHED DOWN ON THE #10 FAIRWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE #11 TEE BOX. THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT BACK AND THE WING TIPS WERE BOTH STRUCK BY TREES. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

ENGINE FAILURE WAS LATER DETERMAINED TO BE A VALVE FAILURE WHICH BROKE OFF AND DISTROYED THE #3 PISTON.

## 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 ERA16LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA235), Jun 29, 2016: Cessna 150 (N1567Q), Peachtree City, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of the No. 3 cylinder exhaust valve, which resulted in a total loss of engine power at low altitude after takeoff.

## Other reports on N1567Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800608054782I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800608054782I), Jun 8, 1980: Cessna 150L (N1567Q), Merced, CA. Ground attendant directed a taxiing Cessna 140, N77102, into this aircraft.

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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