# NTSB CEN23LA008: Cessna 150, N18158, Iola, TX, October 6, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 6, 2022, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC) - Place: Iola, TX - Coordinates: 30.731583, -96.131068 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7316&lon=-96.1311&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) - 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 Flight Standards - NTSB case key (mKey): 106092 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA008 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106092/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106092 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA008 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150L, 26 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071826), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150L, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2071826), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that upon landing approach at a private grass and dirt airstrip, he decided to execute a go around. He applied full engine power but did not “achieve good speed and lift” and then decided that “landing was best.” Upon landing, the airplane encountered a rough area of the field; the nose landing gear dug in and subsequently collapsed and the airplane nosed over. The airframe sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and engine mount. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical anomalies that precluded normal operation of the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N18158](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18158-2023-04-01), registration cancelled 2023-04-01, S/N 15073831, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150 - 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: 15073831 - Year built: 1972 - Airframe hours: 7219.5 - Engines: Continental O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, August 20, 2022, 0.5 hours before - Departed: CFD, Bryan, TX - Destination: PVT, Iola, TX - Airport: PVT, Private, runway 36, 1,500 × 325 ft, dirt - Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 37; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 3, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 302 total, 78 in this make and model, 255 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 50 °F - Altimeter: 30.08 inHg - Observed at: CLL, 15 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 20221006020919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221006020919A), Oct 6, 2022: Cessna 150L, Iola, TX, Substantial damage. During landing phase, the nosewheel dug into the ground on a Private grass dirt strip. The aircraft tip over and flipped, with the rudder impacting the ground,… ## Other investigations on N18158 (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 DEN76FTM08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FTM08), Sep 25, 1975: Cessna 150L (N18158), Woods Cross, UT, substantial damage ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 26, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106092. 2.6 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 528 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14603649&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Statement%20--%20CEN23LA008_redacted-Rel.pdf - Accident photos (item 2, PDF, 5 pages, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14607789&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photos%20--%20CEN23LA008-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.