# Accident 19981215033379A: Cessna 150H, Marksville, LA, December 15, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1998, 17:33 local time
- Place: Marksville, LA
- Airport: Marksville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.1191° N, 92.0602° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1191&lon=-92.0602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22038, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22038-2013-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981215033379A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK A LEVY ON LANDING AND THE ACFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. (-23) THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^      APPEARED TO ATTEMPT A NORMAL LANDING AT THE MARKSVILLE AIRPORT, WHICH WAS CLOSED DUE TO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION. THE RUNWAY WAS TORN UP AND DUMP TRUCKS HAD PILED DIRT ALONG ITS LENGTH. THE AIRCRAFT, A CE-1504, WAS APPARENTLY FLOWN NOSE FIRST, INTO THE BEGINNING PILE AND FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN ON IMPACT. INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE, UNDER INVESTIGATION.

## 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 FTW99FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA049), Dec 15, 1998: Cessna 150H (N22038), Marksville, LA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to visually identify the hazardous condition of the runway. Factors were the dusk light condition and the pilot's failure to obtain NOTAMs.

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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