- Date
- August 24, 1998, 10:21 local (14:21 UTC)
- Place
- Athens, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N704HUCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980824021769A
- Case key
- 43771
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during land roll out that resulted in the on ground collision.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot had completed several touch and go landings, and was in the process of making a full stop landing when the accident occurred. As the student pilot retracted the wing flaps, during landing roll out, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway, collided with a ditch culvert, and nosed over. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the student pilot.
Factual narrative
On August 24, 1998, at 1021 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150, N704HU, nosed over, according to the operator, after the airplane collided with a culvert during a landing at the Athens/Ben Epps Airport in Athens, Georgia. The instructional flight was operated by the student pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 and visual flight rules. There was no flight plan filed. A review of weather data disclosed that visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the accident. The solo student pilot was not injured. The operator also reported that the airplane sustained substantial airframe damage. According to the operator, the flight originated from Athens, Georgia, at 0955.
The student pilot had completed several touch and go landings on runway 27, and was in the process of making a full stop landing when the accident occurred. The student pilot said that, as he retracted the wing flaps, during landing roll out, the airplane veered off the left side of the runway, collided with a ditch culvert, and nosed over.
Examination of the accident site disclosed that the airplane collided with a culvert adjacent to the edge of runway 27. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported by the student pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704HU
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078631
- Airframe hours
- 5,127
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sonny Air Services Inc.,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 29, 1998 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- AHN
- Airport
- AHN · Athens-Ben Epps Airport, runway 27, 5,580 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 38 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AHN, 1 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.