# NTSB FTW82DA376: Cessna 150C, N8666J, Inez, TX, September 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 11, 1982, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Inez, TX
- Coordinates: 28.870019, -96.790344 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8700&lon=-96.7903&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA376
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA376

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PILOT ABORTED DOWNWIND LANDING AFTER OVERSHOOTING. DURING GO-AROUND HE FLEW UNDER A POWERLINE AND COLLIDED WITH TREES AND A FENCE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8666J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8666J-2014-11-20), registration cancelled 2014-11-20, S/N 15066566, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150C
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15066566
- Airframe hours: 2461
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Paul E. Lawson
- Registered owner: Paul E. Lawson
- Departed: VICTORIA, TX
- Destination: H73, TAHLEQUAH, OK
- Airport: Private Strip, runway 2, 1,300 × 0 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 96 total, 68 in this make and model, 53 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19820911045439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820911045439A), Sep 11, 1982: Cessna 150G, Inez, TX, Substantial damage. Too high and fast for landing. Tried to go-around under a powerline. Struck a fence and trees off end of runway.

## Other investigations on N8666J (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 FTW71FRG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW71FRG27), Oct 1, 1970: Cessna 150G (N8666J), Freer, TX, 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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