- Date
- September 11, 1985, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dalton, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2906JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850911047799A
- Case key
- 6874
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During arrival, the student plt elected to land on a taxiway since the rwy was closed for constuction. He stated that he made a normal pattern, but was a little high on final apch. He reported that he flared about 20 ft above the taxiway, then the acft landed hard. Subsequently, the acft bounced a couple of times, the nose gear collapsed & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2906J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065706
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Duddley B. Magruder III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 19, 1985 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- RMG · Rome, GA
- Airport
- DNN · Dalton Muni
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 70 in this make and model · 33 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.