# NTSB ERA25LA176: Cessna 150, N6653F, Kingston, OH, April 13, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: April 13, 2025, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Kingston, OH · Non charted grass airstrip
- Coordinates: 39.48562, -82.81414
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4856&lon=-82.8141&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200009/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA176

## Probable cause

The pilot’s exceedance of the airplanes’ critical angle of attack resulting in a stall at an altitude too low to recover.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 990 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 28 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-VFR go-around: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 39 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he approached a private airport’s grass runway flying too fast. The airplane floated past the point of intended landing and, without enough runway remaining to execute a safe landing, the pilot made the decision to go around. During the go-around the pilot realized that they would not be able to climb over powerlines at the end of the runway. He then elected to make a left turn to avoid the powerlines, during which the airplane encountered an aerodynamic stall, and subsequently impacted the ground resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage, both wings, and the empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6653F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6653F), registered now, S/N 15063253, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150 (F)
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063253
- Year built: 1966
- Airframe hours: 7594.9
- Engines: Continental Motors O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 6, 2024, 22.2 hours before
- Departed: RZT, Chillicothe, OH
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: runway N/A, 1,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; injuries: serious; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review November 20, 2024; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,178.1 total, 110.9 in this make and model, 997.9 as pilot in command, 126.2 in the last 90 days, 41.4 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observed at: LHQ, 18 nm away
- METAR: KLHQ 131553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/02 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP204 T01280022

## 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 20250413008209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250413008209A), Apr 13, 2025: Cessna 150F, Kingston, OH, Destroyed. On 4/13/2025, at approximately noon eastern time, [privacy data omitted] a 1966 Cessna model 150 was on a part 91 VFR flight piloted by a commercial rated…

## Other investigations on N6653F (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 CHI68D0653](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68D0653), Mar 22, 1968: Cessna 150 (N6653F), Muskegon, MI, substantial damage

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 5, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200009. 41.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 39.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18625431&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ERA25LA176%20NTSB%20Report_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18625270&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20ERA25LA176-Rel.pdf

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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