# NTSB ATL86LA042: Cessna 150L, N19099, Manning, SC, December 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 15, 1985, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Manning, SC
- Coordinates: 33.689239, -80.210533 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6892&lon=-80.2105&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7044/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA042

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - runway (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## Analysis

DURING TAKEOFF GROUND RUN ON THE WET GRASS RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SOFT SPOT IN THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER TO AN INVERTED ATTITUDE. BOTH THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19099](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19099-2019-09-06), registration cancelled 2019-09-06, S/N 15074169, built 1972 (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: 15074169
- Airframe hours: 5766
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Elkins & Bradshaw, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: Cokers, runway 21, 4,000 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 179 total, 179 in this make and model, 179 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 5 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19851215062159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851215062159A), Dec 15, 1985: Cessna 150L, Manning, SC, Substantial damage. Veered off side of wet grass runway and nosed over after nose wheel hit a soft spot during takeoff roll.

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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