# NTSB ATL88LA194: Cessna 150F, N7776F, Newnan, GA, June 14, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 14, 1988, 08:05 local (12:05 UTC)
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Location: 33.3116° N, 84.7698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY (CCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3116&lon=-84.7698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7775
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7775/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA194

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

AFTER MAKING A LOCAL FLT, THE STUDENT PLT RETURNED TO THE ARPT, BUT DRG THE LANDING, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ABT 60' SHORT OF THE RWY. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHING DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF. THE ACFT THEN TRAVELED ABT 370 FT FURTHER BEFORE COMING TO REST BESIDE THE RWY. A POST-IMPACT FIRE ERUPTED & THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7776F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7776F-2014-11-19), registration cancelled 2014-11-19, S/N 15063876, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063876
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Howard G. Banks
- Registered owner: Vernon L Bedford
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: CCO, Newnan-Coweta County, runway 14, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 45 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ATL, 30 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 19880614021359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880614021359A), Jun 14, 1988: Cessna 150F, Newnan, GA, Destroyed. Student pilot crash landed short of the runway. Impact collapsed nose gear. Aircraft destroyed by flare.

## Other investigations on N7776F (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 IAD78FKM02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FKM02), Oct 28, 1977: Cessna 150F (N7776F), Andrews, NC, 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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