# NTSB ATL87LA037: Cessna 150L, N6860G, Cullowhee, NC, December 7, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 7, 1986, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Cullowhee, NC
- Coordinates: 35.310791, -83.169532 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3108&lon=-83.1695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7356
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7356/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA037

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - crew/group coordination - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - touch-and-go - initiated
  - improper decision, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, dual student (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent (cause)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - control interference - inadvertent, dual student (contributing factor)
- Nose over, other
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6860G-2013-07-23), registration cancelled 2013-07-23, S/N 15072360, built 1970 (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: 15072360
- Airframe hours: 3386
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861207064919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861207064919A), Dec 7, 1986: Cessna 150L, Cullowhee, NC, Substantial damage. Loss of directional control on landing. Aircraft went down an embankment. Student and instructor on the controls.

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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