# Accident 20210502007989A: Cessna 150H, Williamson, GA, May 2, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2021, 14:45 local time
- Place: Williamson, GA
- Airport: Eagles Landing
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1577° N, 84.3756° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1577&lon=-84.3756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6915S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6915S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,550 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210502007989A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES THAT HE DEPARTED PEACH STATE AERODROME, WILLIAMSON, GA (GA2) AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 ON MAY 2, 2021 FOR A FLIGHT BACK TO EAGLES LANDING AIRPORT, WILLIAMSON, GA (5GA3) FOR THE SHORT 8 - 10 MINUTE FLIGHT. HE CLAIMS THAT THE 2500 FOOT RUNWAY AT 5GA3 IS BEST TO TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 13 AND LAND ON 31, DUE TO TALL TREES AND POWER LINES AT THE APPROACH END AND HAS A RADICAL DOWN HILL SLOPE. HE STATES THE CHARTER FIELD ELEVATION AT THE APPROACH END OF 13 IS 980' MSL DROPPING TO 900' MSL AT THE FAR END OF THE RUNWAY. HE STATES THAT BECAUSE OF THE TALL TREES LANDING ON 13 REQUIRES A TOUCHDOWN WELL PAST THE MIDPOINT OF THE DOWN HILL SLOPING RUNWAY. THEREFORE, HE CONSIDERS LANDING ON 13 IS NOT PRUDENT. HE CLAIMS TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE FIRST THIRD OF RUNWAY 31 WITH A TAILWIND OF 20 KNOTS AND GUST. HE STATES THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE TAILWIND, SO HE ADDED SOME POWER SO THE IMPACT OF THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN WOULD BE MITIGATED. ONCE THE AIRPLANE WAS ON THE GROUND HE APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING EFFORT. THE BRAKING EFFORT WAS NIL BECAUSE OF THE FRESHLY CUT BERMUDA TURF. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY, WENT DOWN A SMALL DITCH, CROSSED REIDSBORO ROAD, WENT DOWN A LARGER DITCH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD AND FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS, RUDDER SEVERELY WRINKLING BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT AFT SIDES OF THE FUSELAGE. BOTH WING APPEARED TO BE WRINKLED ON THE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES AND DAMAGE TO THE OTBD RIGHT WING FWD AND AFT, THE PROPELLER EXPERIENCED A PROP STRIKE, BENDING BACK BOTH BLADES, DAMAGING THE SPINNER AND CRUSHING IT AFT ONTO THE BLADES, SEVERELY DAMAGED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND PAN BREAKING OFF LINKAGES AND SHOWING SIGNS OF SEVERE IMPACT DAMAGE. BOTH UPPER AND LOWER COWLINGS FWD EDGES WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED. RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE WAS DAMAGED AND RIGHT AILERON WAS DAMAGED. PILOT STATES THAT AN ATP  RATED PILOT WITNESSED THE LANDING WHO CLAIMS THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A POWERFUL WIND GUST DURING TOUCH DOWN AND ROLL OUT. THE PILOT ALSO STATES THAT A GO AROUND WAS NOT CONSIDERED BECAUSE OF LOOMING TALL TREES,  THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED, AND A LOW PERFORMING 100HP ENGINE.

## 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 ERA21LA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA203), May 2, 2021: Cessna 150 (N6915S), Williamson, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land the airplane with a tailwind, which led to a runway excursion.

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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