# Accident 20010108000799A: Cessna 150, Meeker, CO, January 8, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2001, 11:30 local time
- Place: Meeker, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0509° N, 107.8905° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0509&lon=-107.8905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8067F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8067F-2014-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010108000799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING MULTIPLE TAKE OFF & LANDINGS @MEEKER AIRPORT, MEEKER, COLORADO, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AFTER TURNING DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 21. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE FLIGHT CONTROLS MAKING AN IMMEDIATE TURN TO RUNWAY 03 FOR LANDING. PUMPING THE TRHROTTLE MOMENTARILY RESTARTED THE ENGINE BUT IT DIED IMMEDIATELY. CONTINUING THE GLIDE THAT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED THE A/C NOSE STRUT COLLAPSED UPON TOUCHDOWN IN 6 INCH DEEP SNOW APPROX. 400 FEET FROM RUNWAY 03. THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING THE A/C TO TURN 90 DEGREES. SLIDING A SHORT DISTANCE THE A/C ROCKED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO STRIKE THE SNOW AND THE A/C TO TIP UP THEN SETTLING BACK ONTO THE MAIN GEAR, STOPPING 200 FEET FROM RUNWAY 03.

## 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 DEN01LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA040), Jan 8, 2001: Cessna 150F (N8067F), Meeker, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the failure of the instructor to ensure there was sufficient fuel for the flight. Factors were the instructor's inadequate supervision of the student pilot, and the deep…

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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