# NTSB investigations: Cessna 150, 1989

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DEN89LA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA207.md): Cessna C-150 · Platteville, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 5, 1989 · N7979E · Substantial damage
  > Pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the gusting crosswind.
- [NTSB FTW89LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA153.md): Cessna 150C · Jonesboro, LA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 26, 1989 · N7872Z · Destroyed
  > The pilot's improper flare, improper recovery from a bounced landing, and failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a porpoise off the side of the runway. The tree was a related factor.
- [NTSB FTW89LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA148.md): Cessna 150 · Terrell, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 11, 1989 · N5794E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot became lost during the flight and fuel exhaustion occurred which required an off airport forced landing.
- [NTSB LAX89LA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA228.md): Cessna 150 · Kelseyville, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 2, 1989 · N5712E · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate preflight planning/preparations and the improper fuel consumption calculations by the pilot.
- [NTSB ANC89LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC89LA066.md): Cessna 150A · Chisana, AK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 1989 · N5773E · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for the landing. The soft/uneven terrain is considred to be a contributing factor.
- [NTSB NYC89LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA077.md): Cessna 150 · Craley, PA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 29, 1989 · N8806S · Substantial damage
  > The loss of control during takeoff due to a pilot induced stall. Contributing to the accident was the wrong runway selected by the pilot which put the aircraft in a downwind takeoff situation and the pilots misjudgement of the distance it would take the…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1989
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071802'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2071802&year=1989

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