# NTSB ATL85FA243: Cessna 150G, N4608X, Selma, AL, August 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 11, 1985, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Selma, AL
- Coordinates: 32.410053, -87.029846 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4101&lon=-87.0298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6633
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85FA243
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6633/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FA243

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - tree(s)
  - weather condition - high density altitude
  - weather condition - downdraft
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight manuals - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - lowering of flaps - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - object - tree(s)
  - airspeed - not possible, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

ACFT TOOK OFF FROM SOD STRIP ON HOT HUMID DAY NEAR MAX WEIGHT. PIC SAID HE USED 10 DEGREES FLAPS AND WAS AIRBORNE. AT ABOUT RUNWAY MID POINT. WHEN OVER FIRST TREE LINE AFTER PASSING THRESHOLD ACFT DESCENDED. WHEN OVER BROWN TERRAIN ACFT CLIMBED. WHEN OVER TREES IT DESCENDED. ACFT LANDING GEAR DRAGGED THROUGH NEXT TREE LINE WITH LOSS OF AIRSPEED AND ACTUATION OF STALL WARNING HORN. ACFT MUSHED INTO TALL TREE THEN FELL TO GROUND NOSE FIRST. FLAP ACTUATOR JACKSCREW FOUND IN POSITION WHICH CORRESPONDED TO 16 DEGREE FLAP EXTENSION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4608X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4608X-2012-12-11), registration cancelled 2012-12-11, S/N 15064658, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064658
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 SERIES 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Edgar Earl Parker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Airport: Private, runway 36, 2,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,400 total, 56 in this make and model, 2,340 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MGM, 35 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 19850811041599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850811041599A), Aug 11, 1985: Cessna 150G, Selma, AL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft settled into trees, then fell to ground on takeoff. Used 16 degrees instead of no flaps to clear obstacles

## Other investigations on N4608X (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 MIA68D0049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68D0049), Jun 15, 1967: Cessna 150 (N4608X), Linden, AL, 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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