# NTSB ATL82DA216: Cessna 150G, N3124J, Huntsville, AL, July 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: July 27, 1982, 11:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Coordinates: 34.730285, -86.560966 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7303&lon=-86.5610&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71125
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA216
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71125/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA216

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - roll/run
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose down, takeoff - roll/run

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15065824
- Airframe hours: 4975
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820727032219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820727032219A), Jul 27, 1982: Cessna 150G, Huntsville, AL, Substantial damage. Student aborted takeoff during touch and go landing. Aircraft went off end of runway and hit ditch.

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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