# Accident 19980622014659A: Cessna 150G, Rush City, MN, June 22, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1998, 11:00 local time
- Place: Rush City, MN
- Airport: Rush City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6799° N, 92.9600° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6799&lon=-92.9600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8450J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8450J-2000-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 50 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980622014659A

## Narrative

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

TOOK OFF FLAPS DOWN STALLED ON INITIAL CLIMB. (-23) TOOK OFF WITH 30-40 DEGREES OF FLAP EXTENDED. REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET.  THE AIRCRAFT THE STALLED TO THE LEFT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.                                                                 (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT PRIOR TO TAKEOFF HE 'INADVERTENTLY' SET THE FLAPS TO 20 DEGREES. HE REPORTED FLYING IN GROUND EFFECT FOR ABOUT 600 FEET PRIOR TO CLIMBING TO AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE THEN STALLED, IMPACTED THE TERRAIN, AND A POST IMPACT FIRE ENSUED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THE FLAP ACTUATOR WAS EXTENDED 4.8 INCHES WHICH CORRELATES TO 29 DEGREES OF FLAPS BEING EXTENDED. THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS USED TO FLYING A PIPER CHEROKEE AND 'INCORRECTLY THOUGHT THAT JUST LIKE A CHEROKEE A 20 DEGREE WING FLAP [SETTING] WOULD SHORTEN [THE] GROUND ROLL.'

## 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 CHI98LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA212), Jun 22, 1998: Cessna 150G (N8450J), Rush City, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot inadvertently stalled the airplane during the initial takeoff climb. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot's inattentiveness at lowering excessive flaps for takeoff.

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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