# NTSB CEN09CA408: Cessna 150B, N1124Y, Conway, AR, July 5, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 4, 2009, 19:40 local (Jul 5, 2009, 00:40 UTC)
- Place: Conway, AR
- Coordinates: 34.95861, -92.496391 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9586&lon=-92.4964&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 19, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74196
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09CA408
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74196/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74196
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA408

## Probable cause

The total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Engine (reciprocating)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01058500): Aircraft › Aircraft power plant · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01058500/cases.md?model=2071806), [All aircraft, 497 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01058500/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2071806), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 150B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2071806), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

After departing a private field, the airplane's engine began to sputter. The non-certificated pilot attempted to return to the property but collided with trees short of the intended landing area. The cause for the loss of engine power could not be determined.

## Factual narrative

After departing a private field, the airplane's engine began to sputter. The non-certificated pilot attempted to return to the property but collided with trees short of the intended landing area. The cause for the loss of engine power could not be determined.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1124Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1124Y-2012-08-23), registration cancelled 2012-08-23, S/N 15059524, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150B
- Registry model: [Cessna 150B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150b) (registry code 2071806) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15059524
- Engines: CONT MOTOR O-200 SERIES 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Registration Pending
- Registered owner: Registration Pending
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Conway, AR
- Destination: Conway, AR
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 42; injuries: serious; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 400 total, 400 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.85 inHg
- Observed at: KLRF, 18 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20090704011109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090704011109A), Jul 4, 2009: Cessna 150B, Mayflower, AR, Destroyed. (-23) On July 4, 2009 N1124Y departed from a farm pasture with a westerly bearing. The aircraft was being operated by the [privacy data omitted]pilot [privacy…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 26, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74196. 57 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 17 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40317897&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Witness Statement (item 2, .PDF, 41 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40317901&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Witness%20Statement-Redacted.PDF

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.

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