# Accident 20241018020999A: Cessna 150L, October 18, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2024, 16:00 local time
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2711° N, 83.8336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2711&lon=-83.8336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11519, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11519) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241018020999A

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCE MEDICAL EMERGENCY RENDERING HIM UNCONSCIOUS. NON PILOT PASSENGER LANDED AIRCRAFT. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING.

## 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 ERA25LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA019), Oct 18, 2024: Cessna 150 (N11519), Gainesville, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s sudden incapacitation due to an in-flight cardiac arrest, which necessitated a landing by a non-pilot passenger and resulted in a hard landing and collapse of the nose landing gear.

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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