# NTSB ATL85FA008: Cessna 150L, N1415Q, Cumming, GA, October 11, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 11, 1984, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Cumming, GA
- Location: 34.2061° N, 84.1338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cumming, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2061&lon=-84.1338&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6572
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85FA008
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6572/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA008

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - carburetor heat - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent total experience, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - tree(s)
  - climb - not possible, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE ARPT MANAGER OBSERVED THE ACFT START A GO-AROUND ABOUT 2 FT ABOVE THE RWY WITH FULL WING FLAPS EXTENDED. FLAPS REMAINED FULL DOWN AS THE ACFT ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB BEFORE COLLIDING WITH TREES APRX 1/4 MI FROM THE ARPT. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED WITH POWER AND THE APPLICATION OF CARBURETOR HEAT WHEN THE ENG LOST POWER. A SUCCESSFUL ENG TEST RUN WAS PERFORMED BY INVESTIGATORS. GO-AROUND PROCEDURES RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER INCLUDE CARBURETOR HEAT COLD AND FLAPS RETRACTED TO 20 DEG. IN THE WEEK BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE PLT RESUMED FLYING AFTER AN APRX 4 YEAR LACK OF FLT ACTIVITY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1415Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15072715
- Airframe hours: 4240
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Eugene Albert Brown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, July 11, 1984, 96 hours before
- Departed: CUMMING, GA
- Airport: 84A, Mathis, runway 21, 1,550 × 20 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 250 total, 178 in this make and model, 131 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 11 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PDK, 15 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 19841011055379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841011055379A), Oct 11, 1984: Cessna 150L, Cumming, GA, Destroyed. Attempted go around with carb heat on and flaps down. Two cylinders had low compression. Struck tree and 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.