# NTSB ATL87LA221: Cessna 150M, N45648, Edmund, SC, July 22, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 21, 1987, 20:30 local (Jul 22, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Edmund, SC
- Coordinates: 33.979003, -81.219375 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9790&lon=-81.2194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7491
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA221
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7491/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA221

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - not corrected, dual student
  - recovery from bounced landing - attempted, pilot in command(cfi)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s)
  - raising of flaps - excessive, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

THE CFI STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING THE PRE SOLO STUDENT MAKE A CROSSWIND LDG AFTER AN HOURS PRACTICE AT ANOTHER APT. THE STUDENT WAS USING THE SLIP METHOD TO CORRECT FOR THE CROSSWIND. TOUCHDOWN WAS WITH A SIDE LOAD ON THE GEAR AND THE ACFT BOUNCED. THE CFI STATED THAT HE CALLED FOR FULL PWR AND EITHER HE OR THE STUDENT APPLIED IT. HE CALLED FOR THE FLAPS TO BE RETRACTED TO 20 DEGREES AND NOTED THAT THE STUDENT HAD LEFT THE SWITCH UP. THE CFI SET SOME FLAPS AND THOUGHT THEY HAD CLRD THE TREES WHEN HE HEARD THE ACFT BRUSH LIMBS. THE ACFT SETTLED INTO THE TREES AND CAME TO A STOP UPSIDE DOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N45648](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45648-2014-10-09), registration cancelled 2014-10-09, S/N 15077005, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 150-77005
- Airframe hours: 3560
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: G. A. Ellsworth  D. Ellsworth
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 24, 1987, 91 hours before
- Airport: SC24, Falcon Field

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 4,378 total, 40 in this make and model, 4,177 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CAE, 6 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 19870721043569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870721043569A), Jul 21, 1987: Cessna 150M, Edmund, SC, Substantial damage. Student landed in a crab. CFI began a go around. Student dumped the flaps. CFI put them full down. Flew into trees.

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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