# NTSB CHI95LA156: Cessna 150G, N4774X, Stockton, MO, May 20, 1995

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 20, 1995, 13:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place: Stockton, MO
- Coordinates: 37.68901, -93.789527 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6890&lon=-93.7895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 24, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9890
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI95LA156
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9890/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA156

## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind weather condition and subsequent failure to maintain directional control.  Factors were the crosswind and the ditch.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THE WINDS WERE FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AT 12 GUSTING TO 15 KNOTS.  HE REPORTED THAT WHILE HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 19L, THE RIGHT WING CAME UP.  HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND IT SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO WET GRASS.  THE AIRPLANE SLID INTO A DITCH AND NOSED OVER.

## Factual narrative

On May 20, 1995, at 1355 central daylight time, a Cessna 150G, N4774X, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing roll in Stockton, Missouri.  The solo student pilot reported no injuries.  The 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight originated in Pittsburg, Kansas, at 1325.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.

In his written statement, the student pilot reported the winds were from the west-southwest at 12 gusting to 15 knots.  He reported that while he was landing on runway 19L, the right wing came up.  He lost control of the airplane and it slid off the left side of the runway into wet grass.  The airplane slid into a ditch and nosed over sustaining damage to the right wing and minor damage to the empennage, left wing, and forward fuselage.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4774X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4774X-2012-12-13), registration cancelled 2012-12-13, S/N 15064824, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 160-64824
- Airframe hours: 2150
- Engines: LYCOMING O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gene E. And Bob J. Harvey
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 1995, 12 hours before
- Departed: PTS, PITTSBURG, KS
- Destination: MO43
- Airport: MO43, Stockton Municipal, runway 19L, 3,050 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 12 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SGF, 10 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 19950520012199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950520012199A), May 20, 1995: Cessna 150G, Stockton, MO, Substantial damage. Lost control landing. In quatering crosswind. Slid off runway and nosed over in a ditch.

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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