# NTSB ATL85LA232: Cessna 150L, N7952G, Hattiesburg, MS, August 3, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 3, 1985, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Hattiesburg, MS
- Coordinates: 31.310003, -89.300376 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3100&lon=-89.3004&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6843
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6843/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA232

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, go-around (vfr)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - premature, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7952G), registered now, S/N 15074743 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074743
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850803036239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850803036239A), Aug 3, 1985: Cessna 150L, Hattiesburg, MS, Substantial damage. Aborted go around as aircraft settled into high vegetation and flipped over. Density altitude and carb heat factors

## Other investigations on N7952G (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 MKC75FCG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCG34), Mar 13, 1975: Cessna 150 (N7952G), Springfield, MO, 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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