- Date
- December 22, 1986, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tunica, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6907FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861222068699A
- Case key
- 31838
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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 - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The plt stated that during landing roll he lost control of the acft and it swerved off the right side of the rwy. The acft traveled into a plowed field and the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6907F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063507
- Airframe hours
- 4,601
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Delta Flying Service
- Registered owner
- James P. Deming
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 11, 1986 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- MS65 · Walls, MS
- Airport
- M97 · Tunica Municipal, runway 18, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
N6907FRegistration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 30 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.