# Accident 20071123829379A: Cessna A150K, Mesquite, TX, November 23, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 2007, 16:37 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Mesquite Metro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7606° N, 96.5342° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7606&lon=-96.5342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8301M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8301M-2008-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150K (registry code 2071824, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071123829379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 23, AT 1637 LOCAL CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, CESSNA AIRCRAFT, MODEL A150K, N8301M, OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CRASHED FOLLOWING LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE MANEUVERING FROM CROSSWIND ONTO THE DOWNWIND SEGMENT OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT MESQUITE AIRPORT (KHQZ), MESQUITE, TEXAS. VMC FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PIC/INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED FATAL INJURY AND THE STUDENT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT HELD AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KHQZ, ON 11/23/2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1635.

## 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 DFW08FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA036), Nov 23, 2007: Cessna A150K (N8301M), Mesquite, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to avoid a stall during takeoff-initial climb. Factors contributing to the accident are the instructor's decision to takeoff with…

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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