# NTSB CHI85LA308: Cessna 150M, N6350K, Mt Pleasant, MI, July 22, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 22, 1985, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Mt Pleasant, MI
- Coordinates: 43.590366, -84.770431 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5904&lon=-84.7704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13158
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA308
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13158/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA308

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - radar assistance to vfr aircraft
  - performed, pilot in command
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - mixture - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT BETWEEN MAPLE GROVE ARPT & HOUGHTON LAKE ARPT. DURING THE FLT, THE PLT REQUESTED RADAR ASSISTANCE TO LOCATE HOUGHTON LAKE. DUE TO HER SOLO STUDENT STATUS & THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF MT PLEASANT ARPT, SHE WAS ADVISED TO LAND THERE. WHILE ON A SHORT FINAL APPROACH TO RWY 27 AT MT PLEASANT, SHE PULLED THE MIXTURE KNOB BY MISTAKE & STARVED THE ENG OF FUEL. THIS RESULTED IN A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD APRX 200 FT SHORT OF THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE RWY. THE TERRAIN AT THAT POINT WAS ROUGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE PLANE TO NOSE OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6350K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6350K-2009-05-07), registration cancelled 2009-05-07, S/N 15077659 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077659
- Airframe hours: 2150
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Earl Cl Peckens
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 18, 1985, 6 hours before
- Departed: 65G, FOWLERVILLE, MI
- Airport: MOP, Mt Pleasant Muni, runway 27, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 49 total, 49 in this make and model, 12 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19850722033159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850722033159A), Jul 22, 1985: Cessna 150M, Mt Pleasant, MI, Substantial damage. Landed short of runway and flipped over. Student pulled mixture in error. Touched down in rough terrain.

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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