# NTSB DEN87LA022: Cessna 150, N19224, St. George, UT, November 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 25, 1986, 17:30 local (Nov 26, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: St. George, UT
- Coordinates: 37.180934, -113.600837 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1809&lon=-113.6008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17152
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17152/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA022

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - landing gear,main gear - foreign object damage (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - unapproved (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - loose objects (contributing factor)
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command
  - object - wire,static (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE ACFT'S LEFT LANDING GEAR TANGLED IN LOOSE WIRE. THE ACFT SWERVED TO THE THE LEFT, STRUCK A USED TIRE BARRIER THEN NOSED OVER. THE LANDING WAS MADE ON A CLOSED RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19224](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19224-1997-03-05), registration cancelled 1997-03-05, S/N 15074251 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074251
- Airframe hours: 1669
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James Averett
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 28, 1986
- Departed: SGU, ST. GEORGE, UT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 16 total, 15 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SGU, 8 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 19861125085849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861125085849A), Nov 25, 1986: Cessna 150L, St George, UT, Substantial damage. While practicing touch and goes, the aircraft struck a wire and veered off the drag strip into a barricade of tires

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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