# NTSB MIA86LA207: Cessna 150E, N6234T, Wakulla Springs, FL, July 12, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 12, 1986, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Wakulla Springs, FL
- Coordinates: 30.329734, -84.299308 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3297&lon=-84.2993&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31672
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA207
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31672/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA207

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6234T-2014-11-12), registration cancelled 2014-11-12, S/N 15060934, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15060934
- Airframe hours: 3197
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860712032359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860712032359A), Jul 12, 1986: Cessna 150E, Panacea, FL, Substantial damage. Came in too fast. Forced it onto runway porpoised and flipped over.

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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