# NTSB CHI99LA025: Cessna 150M, N704LV, Warrensburg, MO, November 5, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 5, 1998, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Warrensburg, MO
- Coordinates: 38.750637, -93.719932 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7506&lon=-93.7199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 19, 1999
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 45246
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI99LA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/45246/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA025

## Probable cause

the student pilot's inadequate flare and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane.  Factors associated with the accident were, the student's lack of total experience and the dirt bank which was contacted.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The student pilot reported he did not flare enough during the landing and the nose gear touched down prior to the main gear.  The airplane then veered off the left side of the runway where it traveled through the grass prior to contacting a bank in the terrain.

## Factual narrative

On November 5, 1998, at 0900 central standard time, a Cessna 150M, N704LV, collided with the terrain following a loss of directional control while landing on runway 36 (4,206' x 75') at the Skyhaven Airport, Warrensburg, Missouri.  The student pilot was not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged.  The 14 CFR Part 91 student solo training flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan.  The local flight originated from the Skyhaven Airport at 0850 cst.

The accident occurred during the student pilot's first solo flight.  He reported, "As I came into land, I didn't flare enough and came down on my front wheel. I then came down on my right rear wheel."  He reported the airplane was headed toward the left side of the runway once all three gear were on the ground.  The airplane traveled off the runway and continued through the grass prior to contacting a bank in the terrain.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704LV](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704LV), registered now, S/N 15078704, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150M
- 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: 15078704
- Airframe hours: 8537
- Engines: Continental O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Central Missouri State Univ.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, September 11, 1998, 88 hours before
- Departed: 9K4
- Destination: 9K4
- Airport: 9K4, Skyhaven, runway 36, 4,206 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 37 °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 19981105031809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981105031809A), Nov 5, 1998: Cessna 150M, Warrensburg, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) On November 5, 1998, Mr. Matthew r. hugel operated Cessna 150, N704LV, as pilot in command on his first supervised solo at max b. swisher-Skyhaven…

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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