# NTSB ATL82DA120: Cessna 150, N704FC, Paducah, KY, May 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 2, 1982, 15:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place: Paducah, KY
- Coordinates: 37.069622, -88.630294 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0696&lon=-88.6303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72136/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA120

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE PERFORMING A PRACTICE EMERGENCY LANDING THE PILOT STATED THAT HE APPLIED FULL POWER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HAD DESCENDED TO ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE A PLOWED FIELD. AFTER POWER WAS APPLIED THE FLAPS WERE RAISED FROM FULL DOWN TO 20 DEGREES. THE SECOND PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT GOT TOO LOW AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CLEAR THE TREES, MADE A STEEP TURN TO THE LEFT, STALLED, AND CAME DOWN ON THE LEFT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704FC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704FC-1983-10-12), registration cancelled 1983-10-12, S/N 15078568 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078568
- Airframe hours: 2683
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: I. D. Farrington
- Registered owner: I. D. Farrington
- Departed: PADUCAH, KY
- Destination: PADUCAH, KY

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, unknown; flight hours: 2,080 total, 680 in this make and model, 1,890 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 167 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19820502013909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820502013909A), May 2, 1982: Cessna 150M, Paducah, KY, Substantial damage. Descended to 10 feet over plowed field with full flaps on practice forced landing. Unable to climb. Stall landed.

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.

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