# NTSB ATL83LA141: Cessna 150L, N7538G, Jacksonville, NC, March 23, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 23, 1983, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, NC
- Coordinates: 34.759967, -77.399719 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7600&lon=-77.3997&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6035
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA141
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6035/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA141

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

THE ACFT STALLED, SPUN AND COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THE PILOT HAD FLOWN LOCALLY FOR ABOUT 1 HOUR DOING STALLS AND TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED FOLLOWING A LANDING THAT WAS PLANNED AS A FULL STOP LANDING. THE LANDING WAS FAST AND THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AFTER USING ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS HOLDING THE NOSE UP TO DISSIPATE SPEED. WITH ABOUT 1000 FEET OF RUNWAY LEFT THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AND THE PILOT ABORTED THE LANDING. FULL POWER WAS APPLIED AND THE FLAPS WERE RAISED. THE ACFT CLEARED OBSTACLES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY BUT LOST AIRSPEED IN DOING SO AND SPUN RIGHT INTO TREES AND THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7538G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7538G-1983-07-27), registration cancelled 1983-07-27, S/N 15074696 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074696
- Airframe hours: 3963
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John P. Dehart
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, December 9, 1982, 40 hours before
- Airport: NC41, Sky Manor, runway 8, 3,610 × 85 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; military; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: right; flight hours: 568 total, 60 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EWN, 7 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 19830323009049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830323009049A), Mar 23, 1983: Cessna 150L, Jacksonville, NC, Destroyed. Too fast to stop on runway. Stalled and struck trees on belated nose high go around. Military pilot license only.

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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