- Date
- October 23, 1987, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wartburg, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3585JCessna 150C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871023060509A
- Case key
- 7664
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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
The aircraft touched down hard on the 1300 foot grass strip and began to porpoise. The pilot attempted to go-around but was unable to gain sufficient altitude to avoid striking a power line. The plt did not file an acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3585J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061285
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paris M. Lindsay
- Registered owner
- Tommy J Hutmaker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RKW · Rockwood, TN
- Destination
- Oliver Springs, TN
- Airport
- runway 29, 1,300 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 35 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 35 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.
Other investigations on N3585J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.