# NTSB DEN86LA243: Cessna 150F, N8856S, Dexter, NM, August 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 31, 1986, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place: Dexter, NM
- Coordinates: 33.640316, -104.380142 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6403&lon=-104.3801&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17043
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA243
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17043/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA243

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vlof) - below, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - downdraft
  - proper climb rate - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - open field
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## Analysis

PLT AND PAX WERE TAKING OFF FROM 1900 FT X 50 FT TURF RWY 30. PLT SAID SHE LIFTED OFF AT 45 MPH AND INITIATED CLIMB OF 55 MPH. AT 250 FT AGL ACFT SUDDENLY LOST 100 FT. ACFT THEN WENT INTO STEEP RIGHT BANK. ACFT CLEARED POWER LINES. RIGHT WING CONTACTED GROUND AND ACFT CARTWHEELED. ARPT DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS COMPUTED TO BE 5241 FT MSL. OWNER'S HANDBOOK STATES ACFT SHOULD BE ROTATED AT 50 MPH, INITIAL CLIMB AT 72 MPH UNTIL OBSTACLES ARE CLEARED, THEN CLIMB AT 75-80 MPH. ACFT GROSS WEIGHT FLAPS-UP POWER-OFF STALL SPEED AT ZERO ANGLE OF BANK IS 55 MPH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8856S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8856S-1989-12-06), registration cancelled 1989-12-06, S/N 15062156 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15062156
- Airframe hours: 6875
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Karole Or Richard Frankenfield
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 22, 1985, 88 hours before
- Destination: ROW, ROSEWELL, NM
- Airport: K.D. Field, runway 30, 1,900 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 123 total, 49 in this make and model, 69 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,600 ft broken
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ROW, 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 19860831043649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860831043649A), Aug 31, 1986: Cessna 150F, Dexterl, NM, Destroyed. The aircraft encountered downdrafts during climbout and impacted the ground. Pilot was climbing at low airspeed.

## Other investigations on N8856S (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX67D0401](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67D0401), May 9, 1967: Cessna 150 (N8856S), Coachella, CA, substantial damage

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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