# NTSB ATL85FLT06: Cessna 150F, N7717F, Jeffersonville, KY, May 25, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: May 25, 1985, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Jeffersonville, KY
- Coordinates: 37.960651, -83.81961 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9607&lon=-83.8196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6659
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85FLT06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6659/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85FLT06

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (cause)
  - pressure induced by others, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHILE BANKING TO THE LEFT. THE ACFT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING AN APPROACH TO LAND IN AN OFF ARPT PASTURE WHICH WAS NOT NORMALLY USED FOR ACFT OPERATIONS. NO MECANICAL REASONS FOR THE ACCIDENT WERE FOUND.

## 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: 2950
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Earl George & Joedy P. Hendrix
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Unknown, October 4, 1984, 88 hours before
- Departed: LOU, LOUISVILLE, KY
- Destination: JEFFERSONVILLE, KY

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 160 total, 147 in this make and model, 117 as pilot in command, 58 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LEX, 28 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 19850525020959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850525020959A), May 25, 1985: Cessna 150F, Jeffersonville, KY, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Attempted go around with full flaps and stalled into ground.

## 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 ATL84LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA139), Mar 14, 1984: Cessna 150F (N7717F), Bardstown, KY, 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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