- Date
- July 12, 1986, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wakulla Springs, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6234TCessna 150E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860712032359A
- Case key
- 31672
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose over
Analysis
The plt stated that while on final approach, the airspeed was too fast. When the acft touched down it began to porpoise, he lost control and the acft flipped over and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6234T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060934
- Airframe hours
- 3,197
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth C. Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 17, 1985
- Airport
- 2J0 · Wakulla Springs, runway 18, 2,785 × 100 ft, grass/turf
N6234TRegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2014 · Cessna 150EAirframe modelCessna 150EEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 86 total · 57 in this make and model · 63 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 36 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.