- Date
- August 3, 1985, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hattiesburg, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7952GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850803036239A
- Case key
- 6843
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a full-flap approach to landing, the pilot saw that the acft was going to land long and he initiated a go-around. He began retracting the flaps at the same time, and the acft started to settle. The pilot then elected to continue the landing straight ahead into a weeded area. During rollout, the nosewheel ass'y collapsed and the acft nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7952G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074743
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stanleyj. Burks, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Richard A. James
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 1, 1984 · 576 hours before
- Departed
- 2
- Airport
- Skyways, runway 21, 2,500 × ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 630 total · 161 in this make and model · 575 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7952G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.