# NTSB ATL82DKJ13: Cessna 150, N6301K, Wheeler, AL, May 14, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: May 14, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Wheeler, AL
- Location: 34.6526° N, 87.2497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeler, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6526&lon=-87.2497&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 14, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73027
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DKJ13
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73027/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DKJ13

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - improper
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SHARP, UNCONTROLLABLE TURN TO THE RIGHT WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 50 FT AGL. HE STATED THAT HE COULD NOT HOLD THE AIRCRAFT STRAIGHT AND IT WENT DOWN ON THE GRASS RUNWAY. AUTOMOTIVE FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE HAD BEEN WARNED BY MECHANICS NOT TO USE AUTOMOTIVE FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6301K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077632
- Airframe hours: 1834
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jerry Dewbery
- Registered owner: Jerry Dewbery
- Departed: WHEELER, AL
- Destination: WHEELER, AL
- Airport: Private, runway 18, 2,600 × 0 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 262 total, 242 in this make and model, 231 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 35 statute miles
- Temperature: 181 °F

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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