# NTSB investigations: Cessna 150J, IA

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 CEN23LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA163.md): Cessna 150J · Buffalo, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Apr 22, 2023 · N60860 · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s inadequate preflight planning. Contributing to the accident were the unreliable fuel quantity gauges and the improperly adjusted mixture control, which increased the fuel consumption…
- [NTSB CHI04CA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA286.md): Cessna C-150J · Oxford, IA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 29, 2004 · N61111 · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to attain a proper glidepath which resulted in exceeding the proper touchdown point. An additional cause was his failure to abort the landing. The embankment was a factor.
- [NTSB CHI03LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA049.md): Cessna 150J · Garner, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 8, 2003 · N60834 · Substantial damage
  > The students pilots improper in-flight fuel planning resulting in exhaustion of the fuel supply, and the collapse of the nose gear during the forced landing. Factors were unsuitable landing are encountered by the pilot, the plowed field and the fuel…
- [NTSB CHI97LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA155.md): Cessna 150 · Woodbine, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 31, 1997 · N60971 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation. Factors were the high temperature and high vegetation.
- [NTSB MKC85LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA067.md): Cessna 150 · Keokuk, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 4, 1985 · N51004 · Substantial damage
  > While taxiing for t/o on a sod rwy, gusting winds flipped the C-150 over after it became bogged down in the soft terrain. The plt was aware of the gusting wind conditions but was not expecting to get the a/c stuck, even though the pilot was aware it had…
- [NTSB MKC83LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA012.md): Cessna 150 · Nichols, IA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 13, 1982 · N51183 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot taxiied into a soft spot on his private airstrip which raised the wing. The wind got under the wing and flipped the aircraft over.
- [NTSB MKC81DCD37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCD37.md): Cessna 150J · Eagle Grove, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 5, 1981 · N50469 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC76DCD44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DCD44.md): Cessna 150J · Muscatine, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 27, 1976 · N51183 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC76FCD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCD03.md): Cessna 150 · Lowden, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 26, 1975 · N60932 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC73DCD46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCD46.md): Cessna 150 · Farson, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Dec 6, 1972 · N60624 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC73DCD37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCD37.md): Cessna 150 · Anita, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 13, 1972 · N60302 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC72DCD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72DCD02.md): Cessna 150J · Des Moines, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jul 6, 1971 · N51183 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC71DCD06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71DCD06.md): Cessna 150J · Muscatine, IA · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Jul 26, 1970 · N50500 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC70DCD11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70DCD11.md): Cessna 150J · Riverside, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jan 31, 1970 · N61075 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC70D0242](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70D0242.md): Cessna 150J · Waterloo, IA · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 26, 1969 · N50473 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC69D0423](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69D0423.md): Cessna 150 · Irwin, IA · Accident · Serious injuries · Closed · Apr 27, 1969 · N60064 · Destroyed

## 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 c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'IA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071820'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2071820&state=IA

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