# Accident 20170801010689A: Cessna 150F, Bullard, TX, August 1, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2017, 14:00 local time
- Place: Bullard, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0947° N, 95.2897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0947&lon=-95.2897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8879S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8879S-2018-04-18) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,673 total, 23 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA298) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170801010689A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM TARRANT FIELD (GRASS) RUNWAY 12, ON CLIMB OUT STALLED AND CRASHED IN DITCH ALONG NORTHBOUND US HWY 69, MILE MARKER 352, NORTH OF MT STELMAN TX. FLIGHT WAS STUDENT INSTRUCTION WITH CFI. WEATHER AT JSO WIND 18007KT 10SM SCT060 90/65 A3002. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM LEFT WING THEN NOSE IMPACT. STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURY (LARGE HEAD LACERATION, BROKEN ARM), CFI SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY.

## 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 CEN17LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA298), Aug 1, 2017: Cessna 150F (N8879S), Bullard, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the pilot's inability to maintain adequate airspeed during the soft-field takeoff, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane's…

## Other reports on N8879S (1)

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

- [Incident 19910625043249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910625043249I), Jun 25, 1991: Cessna 150F (N8879S), Hamilton, OH. Smoke from panel on climb. Turned off master switch and smoke quit. Found shorted wire in rotating beacon.

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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