# NTSB ATL86LA214: Cessna 150F, N8757G, Lenoir, NC, July 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 31, 1986, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Lenoir, NC
- Coordinates: 35.900897, -81.52996 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9009&lon=-81.5300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7162
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA214
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7162/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA214

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - buckled

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS EXECUTING FULL STOP LANDINGS THEN MAKING A TAKE OFF AFTER EACH LANDING. HE WAS ATTEMPTING HIS FOURTH LANDING WHEN THE ACFT BOUNCED, HE APPLIED POWER TO TRY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE ACFT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE STRUT DUG IN THE SOD AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8757G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8757G-1990-01-16), registration cancelled 1990-01-16, S/N 15062857 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15062857
- Airframe hours: 2421
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: T.J. Moody, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 12, 1986, 32 hours before
- Airport: NC27, Lower Creek, runway 23, 3,200 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HKY, 14 nm away

## 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 19860731036779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860731036779A), Jul 31, 1986: Cessna 150F, Lenoir, NC, Substantial damage. The student bounced the airplane on landing and collapsed the nose gear.

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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