# NTSB ATL83LA274: Cessna 150M, N66185, Muscle Shoals, AL, July 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 12, 1983, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Coordinates: 34.749977, -87.699981 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7500&lon=-87.7000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6125
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA274
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6125/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA274

## 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)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft performance,climb capability - exceeded (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - flare - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66185-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 15075903, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075903
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830712029669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830712029669A), Jul 12, 1983: Cessna 150M, Muscle Shoals, AL, Substantial damage. Elected to land on an unused road. Saw surface was too rough. Tried to go around with flaps down. Mushed into ground.

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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