Cessna 150G N8321J

Summary

On 21 June 2010 at about 17:45 local time, a Cessna 150G registered N8321J was involved in an accident near Jasper, Tennessee, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 June 2010 at 17:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Jasper, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Marion County Airport (APT)

Coordinates

35.0564, -85.5844

Aircraft

Cessna 150G

Registration

N8321J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Whitwell → Jasper

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA10CA324

Nobody was injured.

The pilot under instruction's failure to maintain directional control during landing, and his failure to relinquish the flight controls when directed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor stated that he was providing instruction to a private pilot for a tailwheel endorsement. The pilot receiving instruction had previously made three touch-and-go landings without a problem. During the fourth landing, as the airplane touched down, the pilot receiving instruction began to add right rudder. The flight instructor "immediately" applied opposite rudder and brake to maintain control, and shouted “my plane, my plane." The pilot under instruction was "fighting" him on the rudder pedals, and the flight instructor stated, "let it go!" The flight instructor was maintaining the airplane on the runway with the use of the brake pedal, as evidenced by skid marks, until his seat failed and he slid aft. The pilot under instruction continued to apply right rudder, and the airplane ground looped to the right, impacting the ground, and buckling the wings and fuselage. No preexisting anomalies were noted with the airframe or flight controls.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.