# NTSB ATL85LA274: Cessna 150G, N2906J, Dalton, GA, September 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 11, 1985, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Dalton, GA
- Location: 34.7229° N, 84.8702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALTON MUNI (DNN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7229&lon=-84.8702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6874
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA274
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6874/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA274

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2906J-1997-12-06), registration cancelled 1997-12-06, S/N 15065706 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15065706
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850911047799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850911047799A), Sep 11, 1985: Cessna 150G, Dalton, GA, Substantial damage. Landed on nosewheel, bounced and flipped inverted. Student with passenger was trying to land on taxiway.

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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