# NTSB CEN22LA154: Cessna 150, N6714F, Wade, OK, March 25, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 25, 2022, 12:54 local (17:54 UTC) - Place: Wade, OK - Coordinates: 33.900135, -96.072296 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9001&lon=-96.0723&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Initial climb: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 104835 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA154 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104835/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104835 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA154 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines during takeoff. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Object/animal/substance: wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Ability to respond/compensate (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 588 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: attention](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510): Personnel issues › Psychological · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 226 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021510/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: wire](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 588 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022032/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Initial climb: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 39 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that he had just departed a grass strip when the wing of the airplane dropped and contacted a power line. The student pilot lost control of the airplane and it collided with terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, the fuselage, and the empennage. No preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane were reported that would have precluded normal operation. Prior to the accident, the student pilot reported that a gust of wind had made the airplane’s wing drop, however a review of weather information found the prevailing wind to be calm. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6714F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6714F-2023-07-01), registration cancelled 2023-07-01, S/N 15063314, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150 (F) - Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15063314 - Year built: 1966 - Airframe hours: 7283 - Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: David Mcdonald - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Airport: n/a ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 58; injuries: minor; student; medical: class 3; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 50 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 28 °F - Altimeter: 30.16 inHg - Observed at: KDUA, 18 nm away - METAR: METAR KDUA 251755Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/M02 A3016 RMK AO2= ## Other investigations on N6714F (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 CHI68D0240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68D0240), Jun 25, 1967: Cessna 150 (N6714F), Canal Fulton, OH, destroyed ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 1, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104835. 568 KB in all. - Case findings (item 1, PDF, 1 page, 111 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14338959&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Case%20Findings%20CEN22LA154-Rel.pdf - Photo (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 1 photo, 457 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14337932&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=photo%20cen22la154-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. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.