# NTSB ATL88LA022: Cessna 150C, N3585J, Wartburg, TN, October 23, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 23, 1987, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Wartburg, TN
- Coordinates: 36.100139, -84.57962 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1001&lon=-84.5796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7664
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7664/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA022

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - uphill
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - wire,transmission
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3585J-2012-05-07), registration cancelled 2012-05-07, S/N 15061285, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150C
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061285
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871023060509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871023060509A), Oct 23, 1987: Cessna 150E, Wartburg, TN, Substantial damage. Tried to land in a 1300 foot strip, bounced, began a go around. Lifted to clear a fence, struck powerlines, crashed

## Other investigations on N3585J (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA67D0575](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67D0575), May 23, 1967: Cessna 150 (N3585J), Fairburn, GA, substantial damage

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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