# NTSB CHI04CA286: Cessna C-150J, N61111, Oxford, IA, September 29, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 29, 2004, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC) - Place: Oxford, IA - Coordinates: 41.755001, -91.727775 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7550&lon=-91.7278&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 28, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 60412 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI04CA286 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60412/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA286 ## Probable cause 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. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - proper glidepath - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing ## Analysis The airplane was damaged when it overran the runway, struck a road embankment, and nosed over. The student pilot stated that he was practicing landings and was performing a simulated emergency landing when the accident happened. He stated that when he was on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern he reduced the engine power to idle. He stated that he turned toward the runway, and applied 40 degrees of flaps. He stated that he touched down about 3/4 of the way down the runway and applied full braking action. He stated that the airplane became airborne again after cresting the uphill grade of the runway and then the airplane "quickly settled back down." He stated that he was about 75 feet from the end of the runway at this point and attempted to turn the airplane to the left to avoid hitting the roadway at the end of the runway. He stated that the airplane went straight ahead striking the road embankment and nosed over on it's top. The student pilot listed no failures relating to the airplane or systems. ## Factual narrative On September 29, 2004, about 1230 central daylight time, a Cessna C-150J, N61111, piloted by a student pilot, sustained substantial damage when it overran the runway, struck a road embankment, and subsequently nosed over while landing on runway 15 (4,000 feet by 60 feet, asphalt/turf) at the Green Castle Airport, Oxford, Iowa. The local 14 CFR Part 91 solo training flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The student pilot was not injured. The local flight originated about 1200. The student pilot submitted a written report of the accident. He stated that he was practicing landings and was performing a simulated emergency landing when the accident happened. He stated that when he was on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern he reduced the engine power to idle. He stated that he turned toward the runway, and applied 40 degrees of flaps. He stated that he touched down about 3/4 of the way down the runway, applied full braking action. He stated that the airplane became airborne again after cresting the uphill grade of the runway and then the airplane "quickly settled back down." He stated that he was about 75 feet from the end of the runway at this point and attempted to turn the airplane to the left to avoid hitting the roadway at the end of the runway. He stated that the airplane went straight ahead striking the road embankment and nosed over on it's top. The student pilot listed no failures relating to the airplane or systems. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N61111](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61111-2013-08-05), registration cancelled 2013-08-05, S/N 15070810, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna C-150J - Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15070810 - Engines: Continental O-200 100 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Green Castle Aero Club, Ltd. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Departed: IA24, Oxford, IA ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 17; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 25 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20040929024749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040929024749A), Sep 29, 2004: Cessna 150J, Oxford, IA, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot was practicing emergency landings. Landed long, and about mid field the aircraft crested a rise in the runway and became airborne. The… 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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