- Date
- December 7, 1986, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cullowhee, NC
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6860GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861207064919A
- Case key
- 7356
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After not flying for about 7 yrs, the plt obtained flt instruction in preparation for a biennial flt review. His 1st flt was completed 4 days prior to the acdnt. The acdnt flt was to be devoted primarily to takeoffs & landings. The student plt was rprtd to understand that the 1st landing was to be a full stop, followed by a taxi-back for another takeoff. As the acft was on the landing roll, he applied inputs to the controls to move the acft to the rgt side of the rwy to turn back. At aprx that time, the instructor (CFI) rprtdly told the student to make the landing a touch-&-go. After power was applied for takeoff, the acft veered off the rgt side of the rwy, went down an embankment & came to rest inverted. The CFI said the student resisted his inputs to the flt controls to correct the situation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6860G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072360
- Airframe hours
- 3,386
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wilson, Tony C.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 26, 1986 · 74 hours before
- Airport
- 24A · Jackson County Airport, runway 32, 2,900 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVL, 33 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.