# Accident 20090617009969A: Cessna 150L, Rockwall, TX, June 17, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2009, 20:15 local time
- Place: Rockwall, TX
- Airport: Phillips Flying Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8681° N, 96.2189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8681&lon=-96.2189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66016, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66016-2013-04-30) (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: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,680 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA364) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090617009969A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 16, 2009, APPROXIMATELY 2015 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150L, N66016, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN AT THE PHILLIPS FLYING RANCH AIRPORT, TERRELL, TEXAS.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE POSITIONING FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND WAS EN ROUTE TO TERRELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KTRL), TERRELL, TEXAS.

## 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 CEN09FA364](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA364), Jun 17, 2009: Cessna 150L (N66016), Rockwall, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control following a loss of engine power due to contamination in the carburetor. Contributing the severity of the accident was the pilot’s failure to utilize…

## Other reports on N66016 (1)

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

- [Incident 19891201058299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891201058299I), Dec 1, 1989: Cessna 150L (N66016), Petersburg, VA, Minor damage. Student on first solo flight made a hard landing while doing a touch and go landing. Nose gear collapsed.

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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