# NTSB ATL05CA099: Cessna 150M, N45372, Panama City, FL, June 16, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 16, 2005, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC) - Place: Panama City, FL - Coordinates: 30.211944, -85.682777 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2119&lon=-85.6828&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report September 13, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - Birmingham FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 61728 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL05CA099 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61728/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA099 ## Probable cause The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude while on final approach with a tailwind, which resulted in an undershoot of the runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - weather condition - tailwind - distance/altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - terrain condition - ground - Nose over, landing ## Analysis The pilot had completed a banner drop and was cleared to land on runway 5. The pilot stated that, while on final approach, "I noticed a large downdraft. I responded with full power and initiated a go-around." The pilot stated the airplane continued to descend, and it collided with the ground approximately 100 feet short of the runway and nosed over. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction with the airplane. A review of recorded weather data from the airport's automated surface observing system revealed at 1453 conditions were winds from 260 degrees at 10 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, skies clear, temperature 33 degrees centigrade, dew point 22 degrees centigrade, altimeter setting 29.80 inches Hg. Meteorological review of upper wind data, Doppler Weather Radar images, and GOES-12 satellite images showed no significant weather. ## Factual narrative On June 16, 2005, about 1445 central daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N45372, registered to and operated by Boomer Aviation, Inc., collided with the ground and nosed over on final approach at Panama City - Bay County International Airport, Panama City, Florida. The aerial advertising flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The commercial pilot received minor injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The local flight departed Panama City - Bay County International Airport about 1400. The pilot stated his first flight in the airplane that day began about 1000, and he had a total of six banners to fly. He stated he flew the first three banners, landed to fuel the airplane, then departed to finish the final three banner tows. The pilot stated he returned to the airport and dropped his last banner, and "because of [the banner tow operation's base location] ... on the airport, I was already on a left downwind for runway 05." The pilot was cleared to land on runway 5, and he stated the airplane was stable on base at "60 on the [airspeed]" and 20 degrees of flaps. The pilot stated that, while on final approach, "I noticed a large downdraft. I responded with full power and initiated a go-around." The pilot stated the airplane continued to descend, and it collided with the ground approximately 100 feet short of the runway 05 threshold and nosed over. Examination of the accident site revealed the airplane was inverted. The nose landing gear strut was displaced aft, the nosewheel was separated, the underside and the front of the engine cowl were crushed, the propeller was separated, the windscreen was fragmented, the top of the vertical stabilizer and rudder were crushed, both wings were damaged, and the right wing was partially separated at the wing root. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction with the airplane, and he stated the accident was a result of an "undetectable, unnoticeable micrometeorology event [and] windshear in combination with a large thermal downdraft." A review of recorded weather data from the airport's automated surface observing system revealed at 1453 conditions were winds from 260 degrees at 10 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, skies clear, temperature 33 degrees centigrade, dew point 22 degrees centigrade, altimeter setting 29.80 inches Hg. Meteorological review of upper wind data, Doppler Weather Radar images from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and GOES-12 satellite images showed no significant weather. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N45372](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45372-2008-06-17), registration cancelled 2008-06-17, S/N 15076882, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150M - Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15076882 - Airframe hours: 6955.86 - Engines: Lycoming O-320 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Other work use, Part 91 - Registered owner: Boomer Aviation, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special) - Last inspection: Annual, February 25, 2005, 62.24 hours before - Departed: KPFN, Panama City, FL - Airport: KPFN, Panama City - Bay County Int'l, runway 5, 4,884 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 23; injuries: minor; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review December 14, 2004; seat: left; flight hours: 1,018 total, 64 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 260° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 29.79 inHg - Observed at: KPFN ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20050616010619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050616010619A), Jun 16, 2005: Cessna 150M, Panama City, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot dropped a banner in the area adjacent to the threshold for runway 5 at pfn airport. The pilot then attempted a turn to final at approximately 300… ## Other investigations on N45372 (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 MIA80DKU01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DKU01), Sep 17, 1979: Cessna 150M (N45372), Andytown, FL, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.