# Accident 20080607834729A: Cessna 150M, Forrest City, AR, June 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2008, 11:45 local time
- Place: Forrest City, AR
- Airport: Forrest City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0104° N, 90.7806° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0104&lon=-90.7806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3266V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3266V-2008-12-08) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,510 total, 154 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080607834729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 7, 2008, AT 1146 CDT A CESSNA CE-150M, N3266V, WAS TRANSITIONING FROM CROSSWIND TO DOWNWIND DURING A MISSED APPROACHED TO RUNWAY 18 AT FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS (FCY) WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A COTTON FIELD APPROXIMATELY 400 YARDS EAST OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND PERISHED AFTER ARRIVING AT A REGIONAL MEDICAL FACILITY IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN WALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS (ARG) AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 CDT.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WA FILED.

## 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 DFW08LA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA161), Jun 7, 2008: Cessna 150M (N3266V), Forrest City, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed while maneuvering in the traffic pattern, resulting in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall.

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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