# Accident 20220209001519A: Cessna 150L, Burleson, TX, February 9, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2022, 11:32 local time
- Place: Burleson, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Spinks Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5421° N, 97.3208° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5421&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11373, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11373) (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 MOTOR 0-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220209001519A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT DURING DESCENT ON THE THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT OF HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT HE INADVERTENTLY PULLED THE MIXTURE TO CUTOFF INSTEAD OF REDUCING THE THROTTLE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SHUTDOWN. HE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

THE PILOT MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CLEARING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY BUT INDICATED IT WAS NECESSARY TO MODIFY HIS PATH TO AVOID POWERLINES SO HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE CLEARING. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES IN A WOODED AREA SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN A NEAR VERTICAL POSITION.

WHEN ASKED TO PRODUCE HIS AIRMAN CERTIFICATE THE PILOT PROVIDED A TEMPORARY STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE THAT WAS NO LONGER VALID AND INDICATED HE HAD FORGOTTEN THE PERMANENT CARD AT HOME.

## 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 CEN22LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA125), Feb 9, 2022: Cessna 150L (N11373), Burleson, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot accidentally pulling the mixture control in the landing pattern which resulted in a loss of engine power and forced landing.

## Other reports on N11373 (1)

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

- [Incident 19920126003909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920126003909I), Jan 26, 1992: Cessna 150L (N11373), Grain Valley, MO, Minor damage. Another aircraft landing on same runway from opposite direction. On evasive action hit tree limb. Landed golf course

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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