- Date
- July 27, 1982, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Huntsville, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3124JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820727032219A
- Case key
- 71125
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot landed long and fast and pushed the flap lever to an up position for takeoff. The flap lever is spring loaded to the neutral position. When the flaps did not come up the pilot pushed the switch again and the flaps started up. As the runway end was near the pilot reduced power and tried to stop however the aircraft ran off the end of the runway into a ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3124J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065824
- Airframe hours
- 4,975
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Albert F. Smith
- Registered owner
- Homer B. Wilson
- Departed
- 3M6 · Huntsville, AL
- Destination
- 3M6 · Huntsville, AL
- Airport
- 3M6 · South Huntsville, runway 24, 2,245 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HSV, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.