# NTSB ATL84LA139: Cessna 150F, N7717F, Bardstown, KY, March 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 14, 1984, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Bardstown, KY
- Coordinates: 37.809436, -85.459846 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8094&lon=-85.4598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6435
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA139
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6435/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA139

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - flt control syst,rudder control - jammed (cause)
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - maintenance,adjustment - performed, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - miscellaneous equipment - not corrected, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE CFI FLEW ONE PATTERN WITH THE STUDENT AND SENT HIM SOLO.DURING THE ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY & HIT A DIRT BANK. THE STUDENT SAID THE RUDDER PEDALS WOULD NOT MOVE. REPORTEDLY A WRENCH WAS FOUND JAMMED IN THE RUDDER PEDALS. SOME MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN DONE EARLIER IN THE DAY BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CFI COMMENTED THAT THE RUDDERPEDALS HAD BEEN BINDING BEFORE HE GOT OUT OF THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7717F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7717F-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 15063817, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063817
- Airframe hours: 2860
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aerial Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 14, 1984, 24 hours before
- Airport: BRY, Samuels Field, runway 2, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature: 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LOU, 26 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 19840314008349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840314008349A), Mar 14, 1984: Cessna 150F, Bardstown, KY, Substantial damage. Veered off runway on takeoff roll. Rudder pedals were jammed by a wrench. Recent maintenance under panel.

## Other investigations on N7717F (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL85FLT06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FLT06), May 25, 1985: Cessna 150F (N7717F), Jeffersonville, KY, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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