- Date
- January 7, 1984, 16:58 local (21:58 UTC)
- Place
- Charlottesville, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2462JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840107018729A
- Case key
- 6406
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he started to lose control during the landing and added power to go-around. He said he pulled backon the controls and inadvertantly raised the flaps after he was already losing altitude. After touchdown, the acft flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2462J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065562
- Airframe hours
- 3,007
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jefferey Y. Cotten
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 16, 1983 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- CHO
- Airport
- CHO · Charlottesville, runway 3, 6,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2462J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.