# NTSB ATL86LA232: Cessna 150H, N22144, Rome, GA, August 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 29, 1986, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Rome, GA
- Coordinates: 34.240875, -85.170722 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2409&lon=-85.1707&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7172
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA232
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7172/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA232

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID HE TOOK OFF WITH ABOUT 6 GALLONS OF AUTOMOTIVE GAS IN THE ACFT FOR THE 14 NM TRIP TO A LOCAL ARPT. DURING DESCENT FOR LANDING, THE ENG QUIT AND A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A CORN FIELD. POST ACCIDENT EXAM OF THE ACFT FAILED TO REVEAL ANY FUEL IN THE ACFT AND NO SIGNS OF FUEL SPILLAGE AROUND THE WRECKAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22144](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22144-2012-08-10), registration cancelled 2012-08-10, S/N 15068092, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15068092
- Airframe hours: 4091
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles Y. Park
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 1986
- Departed: SUBLIGNA, GA
- Destination: RMG, ROME, GA
- Airport: RMG, Richard B. Russell, runway 36, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 475 total, 300 in this make and model, 405 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTY, 50 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 19860829043269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860829043269A), Aug 29, 1986: Cessna 150H, Rome, GA, Substantial damage. The engine lost power and the aircraft flipped over during landing. Carb ice, fuel exhaustion and auto gas factors.

## Other investigations on N22144 (1)

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.

- [NTSB DIA68D0217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68D0217), Apr 14, 1968: Cessna 150 (N22144), Fayetteville, NC, substantial damage

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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