# NTSB CEN22LA125: Cessna 150L, N11373, Burleson, TX, February 9, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: February 9, 2022, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC) - Place: Burleson, TX - Coordinates: 32.5421, -97.3208 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5421&lon=-97.3208&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA North Texas FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 104669 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA125 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104669/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104669 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA125 ## 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. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150L, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2071826), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150L, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=2071826), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that he did two successful touch and go landings with his instructor pilot, after which, the instructor got out of the airplane and the student pilot took off solo to practice in the landing pattern. While on downwind in the pattern, the student pilot accidentally pulled the mixture knob and the engine quit. The student pilot attempted to restart the engine but was not successful. He tried to land the airplane in a nearby field but contacted a stand of trees and impacted the ground nearly vertical. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and forward fuselage. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N11373](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11373), registered now, S/N 15075363, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L - Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15075363 - Year built: 1973 - Airframe hours: 9269 - Engines: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Huffman Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 2021 - Destination: Same as departure - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: FWS, Spinks Airport - Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 25; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 7, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 340° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 27 °F - Altimeter: 30.17 inHg - Observed at: KGKY, 14 nm away - METAR: KGKY 091653Z 34006KT 10SM CLR 16/M03 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP214 T01561033 ## 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 20220209001519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220209001519A), Feb 9, 2022: Cessna 150L, Burleson, TX, Substantial damage. 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… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 7, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104669. 4.2 MB in all. - NTSB form 6120 pilot operator report CEN22LA125 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14537209&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120%20Pilot%20Operator%20Report%20CEN22LA125_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo array CEN22LA125 (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 2.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14536820&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20CEN22LA125-Rel.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. 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