# NTSB ATL84LA249: Cessna 150J, N60319, Leesville, SC, August 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1984, 11:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place: Leesville, SC
- Coordinates: 33.910861, -81.510871 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9109&lon=-81.5109&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): 6517
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6517/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA249

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, takeoff
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, takeoff

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF FROM A 1600 FT STRIP HE WAS, 'UNHAPPY WITH THE THAKEOFF ROLL'. AN ABORTED TAKEOFF WAS INITIATED AND WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED HARD THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60319](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60319-2013-02-08), registration cancelled 2013-02-08, S/N 15070223, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070223
- Airframe hours: 4040
- Engines: CONTINENTAL 0200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerry A. Freeze
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 1, 1984, 43 hours before
- Departed: LEESVILLE, SC
- Destination: 14A, MOORESVILLE, NC
- Airport: runway 29, 1,600 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 88 total, 64 in this make and model, 46 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19840808042069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840808042069A), Aug 8, 1984: Cessna 150J, Leesville, SC, Substantial damage. Pilot aborted takeoff from short grass strip during hard braking action aircraft flipped inverted.

## Other investigations on N60319 (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 NYC73DGM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DGM19), Feb 25, 1973: Cessna 150 (N60319), West Mifflin, PA, substantial damage

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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