# NTSB ATL98LA111: Cessna 150, N704HU, Athens, GA, August 24, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 24, 1998, 10:21 local (14:21 UTC)
- Place: Athens, GA
- Coordinates: 33.909229, -83.31974 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9092&lon=-83.3197&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 43771
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL98LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/43771/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA111

## 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

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ditch
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704HU-2001-06-05), registration cancelled 2001-06-05, S/N 15078631 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078631
- Airframe hours: 5127
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19980824021769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980824021769A), Aug 24, 1998: Cessna 150M, King Salmon, AK, Substantial damage. Acft flipped over on landing. (.19)on August 24, 1998, at 1030 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150, N704HU, nosed over, according to the operator, after the…

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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