# Accident 20000226004709A: Cessna 150L, Marlow, OK, February 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Marlow, OK
- Airport: Paradise
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7704° N, 97.9490° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7704&lon=-97.9490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1254Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1254Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 139 total, 60 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000226004709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON PRIVATE STRIP 5 MILES NE OF MARLOW, OKLAHOMA. ON LANDING ROLLOUT WIND GUSTS CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO TEMPORARILY BECOME AIRBORNE.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED ON NOSEWHEEL, FLIPPED OVER, AND LANDED ON ITS BACK.  MINOR INJURIES TO PILOT.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.       (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN THE FLIGHT DEPARTED, THE WINDS WERE FROM THE NORTHWEST.  SHE FLEW THE AIRPLANE ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH TO HER PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL GRASS AIRSTRIP.  PRIOR TO THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 35, SHE NOTED THAT THE WINDSOCK WAS STRAIGHT OUT TOWARD THE EAST, AND SHE ESTIMATED THE WINDS AT 25 TO 30 MPH FROM THE WEST.  SHE CONFIGURED THE AIRPLANE WITH FULL FLAPS (40 DEGREES) AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE TOWARD THE NORTH.  DURING THE LANDING ROLL ON THE RUNWAY, SHE REACHED OVER AND SELECTED FLAPS UP AND PUSHED THE CARBURETOR HEAT IN; THEN NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BECOME AIRBORNE APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AGL, AND HAD TURNED 30 DEGREES LEFT.  BEFORE SHE COULD REACT, THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND NOSE WHEEL FIRST AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## 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 FTW00LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA087), Feb 26, 2000: Cessna 150L (N1254Q), Rush Springs, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were the pilot's diverted attention to raising the flaps and the high wind conditions.

## Other reports on N1254Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19940522029579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940522029579I), May 22, 1994: Cessna 150M (N1254Q), Duncan Falls, OH, Minor damage. Engine quit. Landed in a field. Fuel tanks enpty of useable fuel.
- [Accident 19750531015319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750531015319A), May 31, 1975: Cessna 150L (N1254Q), Milwaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Nr 1,2 and 3 cyls leaking past rings and valves. Ex valves discolored and pitted.

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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