# Accident 20160802015959A: Cessna 150J, New Albany, MS, August 2, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2016, 10:00 local time
- Place: New Albany, MS
- Airport: New Albany-Union Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5483° N, 89.0244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5483&lon=-89.0244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50945, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50945-2019-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 4 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA414](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA414) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160802015959A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT WINDS WERE GUSTY WITH RAIN SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY OF M72. HE STATED THAT IT FELT AS IF THE WINDS JUST STOPPED, AND THE AIRCRAFT LOST LIFT. TOUCHDOWN POINT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1500 TO 2000 FEET BEYOND APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, AND HAD ONLY FLOWN IT THREE TIMES. HE ALSO STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN "SEVERAL YEARS" SINCE THE LAST TIME HE FLEW. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY NOSE GEAR FIRST AS EVIDENCED BY THE MARKS LEFT ON THE RUNWAY. THE FRONT AXLE WAS BROKEN, AND THE NOSE TIRE AND RIM ASSEMBLY SEPARATED  FROM THE NOSE STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE ON THE NOSE STRUT FORKS UNTIL THE FIXED NOSE STRUT BROKE AND BENT TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT. UPON FAA INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, CLASSIFICATION WAS DETERMINED TO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFTS FIREWALL DUE TO IMPACT. THE PILOT DID NOT PROVIDE HIS FLIGHT LOGBOOK DURING INITIAL MEETING WITH THE FAA. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT WHEN THE DATE OF HIS LAST REGULATORY CHECKRIDE WAS ASKED FOR, HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ONE.

## 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 GAA16CA414](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA414), Aug 2, 2016: Cessna 150 (N50945), New Albany, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain an appropriate pitch attitude during landing, which resulted in an initial nose wheel contact, followed by a nose gear collapse, and the airplane came to rest in a…

## Other reports on N50945 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880612021339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880612021339A), Jun 12, 1988: Cessna 150J (N50945), Carthage, MS, Substantial damage. Engine sputtered on downwind. Elected to land on a road blocked by traffic. Tried to go around and hit a powerline.

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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