# NTSB ATL86FMG05: Cessna 150, N4752X, Yadkinville, NC, March 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 11, 1986, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Yadkinville, NC
- Coordinates: 36.130569, -80.650375 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1306&lon=-80.6504&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7006
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86FMG05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7006/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FMG05

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,total (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LANDED IMPROPERLY AND AFTER BOUNCING TWO OF THREE TIMES THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED. THE ACFT THEN NOSED OVER AND SUFFERED FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE PROP, WINGS AND TAIL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4752X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4752X-1989-08-05), registration cancelled 1989-08-05, S/N 15064802 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064802
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Billy Darin Moxley
- Registered owner: Billy Moxley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: ELKIN, NC
- Destination: YADKINVILLE, NC
- Airport: PVT, Yadkinville

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 17; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 34 total, 32 in this make and model, 13 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °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 19860311006869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860311006869A), Mar 11, 1986: Cessna 150G, Yadkinville, NC, Substantial damage. Bounced several times and sheared nose gear on landing. Aircraft flipped over onto its back.

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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