# NTSB ATL88FA078: Cessna 150H, N12NF, Cedartown, GA, January 14, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 14, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Cedartown, GA
- Location: 34.0232° N, 85.2484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedartown, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0232&lon=-85.2484&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7581
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88FA078
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7581/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA078

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - attempted, pilot in command
  - buzzing - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ostentatious display, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall warning system - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12NF](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12NF-2014-09-03), registration cancelled 2014-09-03, S/N 15067222, 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: 150677222
- Airframe hours: 6441
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Three Rivers Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 2, 1987, 57 hours before
- Departed: RMG, ROME, GA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 58 total, 53 in this make and model, 28 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19880114000539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880114000539A), Jan 14, 1988: Cessna 150H, Cedartown, GA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Student on unauthorized flight buzzing residence. Stalled in steep bank and crashed. Stall warning installed wrong.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.