- Date
- January 1, 1987, 12:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Tchula, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N22684Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870101013209A
- Case key
- 31844
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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
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Judgment - poorCause
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The plt stated that while attempting to land at a crop dusting strip he inadvertently landed off to the side of the runway in a plowed field, flipped over and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22684
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068447
- Airframe hours
- 3,889
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas L. Sprinkle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1986
- Departed
- GWO · Greenwood, MS
N22684Registration cancelled Jul 8, 2013 · Cessna 150HAirframe modelCessna 150HEngine 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 644 total · 173 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 25 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.