- Date
- July 12, 1983, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Muscle Shoals, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N66185Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830712029669A
- Case key
- 6125
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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 acft made a hard landing and nosed over during an attempted go-around. The acft according to the pilot was operatingat nearly max gross weight and the density alt was 2300 ft. he tried a go-around with full flaps extended. A turn was made to avoid obstacles and a mush occurred which ended in a hard landing. The acft bounced to an inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66185
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075903
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Musscle Shoals Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MSL · Muscle Shoals, AL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 292 total · 80 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSL, 11 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.