# Accident 19990508004799A: Cessna 150M, Maybell, CO, May 8, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1999, 15:00 local time
- Place: Maybell, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6704° N, 108.5100° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6704&lon=-108.5100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6128K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6128K-2014-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990508004799A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS ON APPROACH WHEN THE STALL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ACFT DROPPED 20-30 FEET, THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED IN A FIELD AND FLIPPED OVER, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (FROM .4) ON MAY 8, 1999, APPROX. 1500 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N6128K, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN NEAR MAYBELL, COLORADO.  THE INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED/OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED APPROX. 2 HOURS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SIGNAL HIS FRIENDS ON THE GROUND TO DRIVE TO THE AIRSTRIP TO PICK UP HIM AND HIS PASSENGER.  HE REPORTED THAT AS HE "TURNED FROM EAST TO SOUTH, IT SUDDENLY GOT VERY QUIET AND THE AIRSPEED WENT TO NOTHING."  HE FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE BECAME "VERY SLUGGISH AND MUSHY TO HANDLE, AND HE COULD HEAR THE AILERONS BANGING STOP TO STOP."  THE PILOT SAID THAT THE STALL HORN CAME ON AND HE PUSHED THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE DOWN TO GAIN AIRSPEED.  THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A PLOWED FIELD, CRUSHING THE NOSE WHEEL L ANDING GEAR AFT, AND COMING TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION.

## 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 DEN99LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA076), May 8, 1999: Cessna 150M (N6128K), Maybell, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent stall while maneuvering. Factors were the wind gusts weather conditions, and the high density altitude weather conditions.

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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