# Accident 20120421009679A: Cessna 150F, Fairbanks, AK, April 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2012, 14:45 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International Airpor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8153° N, 147.8564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8153&lon=-147.8564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7911F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7911F-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120421009679A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RNWY 20R. SHORTLY AFTER ROTATING, PITCHED STEEPLY UP FOLLOWED BY A STALL THEN STEEP PITCH DOWN IMPACTING THE GROUND AT ABOUT A 45 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE MEDIAN BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. FUSELAGE BROKE IN TWO BEHIND REAR BULKHEAD. RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. LEFT WING IMPACTED THE GRASSY AREA WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST.PILOT HAD THE TRIM WHEEL SLIGHTLY NOSE UP BUT NOT ABNORMAL.PILOT STATED DURING THE PREFLIGHT CONTROL CHECK THE CONTROLS RESPONDED APPROPRIATELY.PILOT STATED HE PUSHED AS HARD AS HE COULD ON THE YOKE, BUT THE NOSE WOULD NOT COME DOWN.FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN INSTRUMENT VACUUM HOSE WAS LAYING ACROSS THE CONTROL COLUMN POTENTIALLY RESTRICTING THE MOVEMENT OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL COLUMN.

## 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 ANC12LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12LA031), Apr 22, 2012: Cessna 150F (N7911F), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot did not control the airplane’s pitch attitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall during the takeoff initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to use…

## Other reports on N7911F (3)

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

- [Accident 19990703008239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990703008239A), Jul 3, 1999: Cessna 150F (N7911F), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Acft crashed on landing. (.19) on July 3, 1999, about 2047 Alaska daylight time, a tailwheel equipped Cessna 150F airplane, N7911F, sustained substantial…
- [Accident 19980117002509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980117002509A), Jan 17, 1998: Cessna STC150 (N7911F), San Carlos, CA, Substantial damage. Bounced. Seat slid back. Lost control of tail dragger. Left wing and gear damaged. (.4)the aircraft was modified by STC to a conventional landing gear…
- [Incident 19790306009629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790306009629I), Mar 6, 1979: Cessna 150F (N7911F), Riverbank, CA. Aircraft ran out of gas on crosscountry flight.

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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