# NTSB CHI90LA246: Cessna 150, N2973S, Reeds Spring, MO, August 28, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1990, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Reeds Spring, MO
- Coordinates: 36.749675, -93.379058 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7497&lon=-93.3791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14761
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA246
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14761/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA246

## Probable cause

A DELAYED GO-AROUND.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall/mush - encountered, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- Fire, other

## Analysis

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, ON A 2200 FOOT SOD STRIP, IN A FULL FLAP CONFIGURATION, THE PILOT ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND. HE REDUCED HIS FLAP SETTING BY 10 DEGREES, WHICH LEFT 30 DEGREES OF FLAP, BUT WAS UNABLE TO ESTABLISH A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB, AND STALLED. THE ACFT CAME TO REST IN SOME TREES, ABOUT 20 FEET AGL. AFTER THE PLT AND PAX EGRESSED, THE ACFT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE AIR TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME WAS NEAR 100 DEGREES AND THE LANDING WAS BEING ATTEMPTED IN ABOUT A 70 DEGREE, 10 KNOT CROSSWIND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2973S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2973S-1991-07-08), registration cancelled 1991-07-08, S/N 15066873 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15066873
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Smiley, Charles, D.
- Registered owner: Smiley, Charles D
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed: SGF, SPRINGFIELD, MO
- Airport: 8M01, Emerson, runway 18, 2,200 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 3,750 total, 375 in this make and model, 3,578 as pilot in command, 160 in the last 90 days, 55 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 97 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SGF, 30 nm away

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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