# NTSB CHI84LA123: Cessna 150, N6076K, Crawfordsville, IN, March 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 2, 1984, 10:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place: Crawfordsville, IN
- Coordinates: 40.040889, -86.889244 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0409&lon=-86.8892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12555
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12555/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA123

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - touch-and-go
- Forced landing, landing
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER RETURNING TO THE ARPT, THE STUDENT BEGAN PRACTICING TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS. WHILE CLIMBING THRU ABOUT 150 FT AGL, AFTER THE 3RD LANDING, THE ENG SPUTTERED TWICE, THEN QUIT RUNNING. THE ACFT WAS LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD ON SNOW COVERED TERRAIN. WHEN THE NOSEWHEEL SETTLED, IT DUG INTO MUD & THE PLANE NOSED OVER. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6076K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6076K-2017-06-07), registration cancelled 2017-06-07, S/N 15077512, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077512
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Crawfordsville Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, November 24, 1983
- Airport: CFJ, Crawfordsville, runway 4, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 539 total, 300 in this make and model, 370 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAF, 22 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 19840302005569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840302005569A), Mar 2, 1984: Cessna 150M, Crawfordsville, IN, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Landed straight ahead in a snow covered field and nosed over. Possible carburetor icing.

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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