Cessna 150 N6915S

Summary

On 2 May 2021 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N6915S was involved in an accident near Williamson, Georgia, United States. One person was 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

2 May 2021 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Williamson, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Eagles Landing (5GA3)

Coordinates

33.1577, -84.3756

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N6915S

Category

Airplane

Year built

1967

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Williamson → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA203

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's decision to land the airplane with a tailwind, which led to a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he approached the turf runway at his home airport with a tailwind, which he estimated to be about 20 knots and gusting. The airplane “just floated” at the intended touchdown point, and then touched down about 1/3 of the way down the 2,500-ft-long runway. After touchdown, the airplane bounced, and he added some engine power “so that the impact of the second touchdown would be mitigated.” After the second touchdown, he applied “maximum braking effort.” He reported that the braking action was “nil” due to the freshly mowed turf, and he was unable to stop the airplane on the runway. The airplane crossed over a road at the end of the runway, nosed over, came to rest inverted, and sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder. The pilot stated that the opposite runway was not used for landing at this airport, due to tall trees at the approach end, which would have required a touchdown “well past” the midpoint of the runway. Further, the opposite runway had a “radical” downward slope (its elevation decreased about 80 ft over the 2,500-ft length). The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.