# Accident 19890827031669A: Cessna 150M, Hearne, TX, August 27, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1989, 12:15 local time
- Place: Hearne, TX
- Airport: Hearne Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8721° N, 96.6222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEARNE MUNI (LHB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8721&lon=-96.6222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16090, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16090-1990-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890827031669A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FAILED TO FLARE ON LANDING. IMPACT BROKE FUSELAGE IN THREE PIECES. NOT ENDORSED FOR SOLO. POOR SIGHT IN ONLY EYE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW89LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA154), Aug 27, 1989: Cessna 150M (N16090), Hearne, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE/TRAINING. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S POOR PHYSICAL CONDITION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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