# NTSB MIA00LA037: Cessna 150M, N704YE, Morristown, TN, December 1, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 1, 1999, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Morristown, TN
- Coordinates: 36.209182, -83.289527 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2092&lon=-83.2895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 30, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 47854
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00LA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/47854/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA037

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff phase of a touch and go landing, and the subsequent skid off the runway and collapsed nose landing gear during the attempt to abort the takeoff.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - aborted
  - terrain condition - ground
- Nose gear collapsed, takeoff - aborted

## Analysis

The student pilot was conducting solo touch and go landings, and on his third landing, as he was applying power for the takeoff, the airplane veered left. Despite his application of right rudder the airplane continued off the left edge of the runway, collapsing the nose landing gear, and striking the terrain with the right wingtip, inducing a left 'cartwheel'. The airplane came to rest in the grass on it's nose and left wing, having sustained wing spar and firewall damage.

## Factual narrative

On December 1, 1999, about 1700 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150M, N704YE, registered to a private individual, operating as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed on landing at Moore-Murrell Airport, Morristown, Tennessee. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight departed the same airport about 1 hour before the accident.

According to the student pilot, after his third touch-and-go landing, he applied power for the takeoff and the airplane began a left drift off the runway. Once into the grass, the right wing struck the ground, and the airplane "cartwheeled" to the left, coming to rest on the nose and left wing.

According to FAA personnel, the pilot stated that when the airplane skidded off the runway edge into soft dirt and grass, he elected to abort the takeoff.  Before he got the airplane stopped, the nose landing gear collapsed, causing damage to both wing spars and the firewall.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704YE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704YE), registered now, S/N 15078972, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078972
- Airframe hours: 3732
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: J. B. Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 26, 1999, 38 hours before
- Departed: MOR
- Airport: MOR, Moore Murrel, runway 5, 5,700 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 16 total, 6 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MOR

## 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 19991201036819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991201036819A), Dec 1, 1999: Cessna 150M, Morristown, TN, Substantial damage. (.19) On December 1, 1999, about 1700 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150M, N704YE, registered to a private individual, operating as a title 14 CFR part 91…

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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