# Accident 20051220029119A: Cessna 150M, Algona, IA, December 20, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2005, 19:30 local time
- Place: Algona, IA
- Airport: Algona Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0778° N, 94.2719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0778&lon=-94.2719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9292U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9292U-2007-10-31) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 184 total, 90 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051220029119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED ALGONA, IA (AXA) WITH A PASSENGER ON A LOCAL VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT TO MASON CITY, IA (MCW) AND RETURN TO AXA. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, HE OBTAINED A VFR WX BRIEFING FROM THE FOD FSS. THE FORECAST WAS FOR GOOD VFR WITH A CHANCE OF IFR CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN MN. APPROXIMATE 1 1/2 HOURS LATER HE RETURNED TO AXA IN GOOD VFR CONDITIONS. HE DEPLANED THE PASSENGER AND PROCEEDED TO GIVE A RIDE TO ANOTHER PASSENGER IN THE LOCAL AXA AREA. HE STATED THAT HE WAS ON THE GROUND ABOUT 5 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE NEXT DEPARTURE. HE TAXIED TO THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY AND THE WEATHER WAS STILL VFR. HE COULD SEE LIGHTS OF OBJECTS AROUND THE AIRPORT. AFTER LIFT OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET INTO THE AIR, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED UNFORECAST IMC CONDITIONS. THE PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED AND MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO ATTEMPT TO LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD AS HE COULD STILL SEE RUNWAY LIGHTS BELOW HIM. HE REDUCED POWER AND LOWERED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO ATTEMPT A LANDING. WITHOUT ANY VISUAL REFERENCES, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE LANDING FLARE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW, WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE AND FLIPPED OVER. THE IMC WEATHER WAS NOT IN THE FORECAST OBTAINED BY THE PILOT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. ACCORDING TO THE APPROVED WEATHER SOURCE LOCATED AT THE AXA AIRPORT, THE WEATHER WENT FROM VFR CONDITIONS TO LOW IFR IN 2 MINUTES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED

## 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 CHI06CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA046), Dec 21, 2005: Cessna 150M (N9292U), Algona, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into unexpected instrument conditions and his visual look out not possible during takeoff leading to the nose over during the emergency landing after takeoff. Factors…

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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