# Accident 19940430009609A: Cessna 150M, Arroyo City, TX, April 30, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1994, 13:25 local time
- Place: Arroyo City, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2297° N, 97.5805° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2297&lon=-97.5805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N190AR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N190AR-1996-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940430009609A

## Narrative

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

FLYING LOW IN AREA PULLED UP VERTICALLY OVER A POWER LINE UNTIL HAMMERHEAD STALL. DIVED VERTICALLY INTO GROUND.

## 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 FTW94FA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA140), Apr 30, 1994: Cessna 150M (N190AR), Arroyo City, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT STALL DURING THE PULL UP. FACTORS WERE THE LOW PASS, HIS OSTENTATIOUS DISPLAY, AND HIS INABILITY TO RECOVER FROM THE STALL DUE TO INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE.

## Other reports on N190AR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900621031929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900621031929I), Jun 21, 1990: Cessna 150M (N190AR), Brownville, TX. Engine quit. Student landed in field.

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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