# NTSB ATL88LA119: Cessna 150J, N60586, Villa Rica, GA, March 19, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 19, 1988, 13:54 local (18:54 UTC)
- Place: Villa Rica, GA
- Coordinates: 33.730373, -84.919387 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7304&lon=-84.9194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7721
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7721/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA119

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACFT WAS LANDED TO THE WEST ON A 2500' DIRT STRIP. TREES, ABOUT 25-30' HIGH BOUNDED THE APPROACH THRESHOLD. WIND WAS VARIABLE NW TO W GUSTING 15-18 KTS. PIC SAID ACFT DROPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND LANDED HARD. AFTER BOUNCING IT LANDED ON NOSE GEAR WHICH FOLDED AFT AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60586](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60586), registered now, S/N 15070425, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070425
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bolling Branham
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, June 15, 1987, 34 hours before
- Airport: Stockmar, runway 27, 2,500 × 50 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 12 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTY, 20 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 19880319041649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880319041649A), Mar 19, 1988: Cessna 150J, Villa Rica, GA, Substantial damage. Bounced on hard landing. Came down on nose wheel which collapsed then nosed over. Blamed downdraft in lee of 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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