# NTSB ATL83FID03: Cessna 150, N11181, Lynchburg, VA, December 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: December 21, 1982, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Coordinates: 37.39999, -79.190193 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4000&lon=-79.1902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71522
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83FID03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71522/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FID03

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED ON FINAL DRIFTING RIGHT. IT THEN ROLLED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT BACK TOWARDS THE TREES SOUTH OF RWY 28. THE ACFT PULLED UP TO A STEEP CLIMB INTO A LEFT TURN & DISAPPEARED OVER THE TREES. THE ACFT WAS FOUND NOSE DOWN IN A VERTICAL POSITION ON THE GROUND IN BETWEEN TREES. WINDS WERE GUSTING 16K.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N11181 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075241
- Airframe hours: 4528
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Falwell Avia. Inc.
- Registered owner: Falwell Avia. Inc.
- Departed: MARTINSVILLE, VA
- Destination: 4A7, HAMPTON, GA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Falwell, runway 28, 2,900 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 13 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 45 statute miles
- Temperature: 106 °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 19821221064919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821221064919A), Dec 21, 1982: Cessna 150L, Lynchburg, VA, Substantial damage. Student pilot crashed airplane short of runway during approach for landing. Turbulence had been forecast low level.

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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