# NTSB FTW00LA087: Cessna 150L, N1254Q, Rush Springs, OK, February 26, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 26, 2000, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Rush Springs, OK - Coordinates: 34.770362, -97.94902 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7704&lon=-97.9490&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 48691 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW00LA087 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48691/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA087 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were the pilot's diverted attention to raising the flaps and the high wind conditions. ## 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 - high wind (contributing factor) - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis The pilot reported that when the flight departed, the winds were from the northwest. She flew the airplane about 3 miles south to her private residential grass airstrip. Prior to the landing on runway 35, she noted that the windsock was straight out toward the east, and she estimated the winds at 25 to 30 mph from the west. She configured the airplane with full flaps (40 degrees) and landed the airplane toward the north. During the landing roll on the runway, she reached over and selected flaps up and pushed the carburetor heat in; then noticed that the aircraft had become airborne approximately 10 feet agl, and had turned 30 degrees left. Before she could react, the aircraft hit the ground nose wheel first and came to rest inverted. ## Factual narrative On February 26, 2000, at 1430 central standard time, a Cessna 150L, single-engine airplane, N1254Q, nosed over during the landing roll at a private grass airstrip near Rush Springs, Oklahoma. The airplane was owned by private individuals and operated under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The private pilot was not injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight, and a flight plan was not filed. The flight originated from another local airstrip at approximately 1400. The pilot reported to the NTSB investigator-in-charge that when the flight departed the grass airstrip across from their local business, the winds were from the northwest. She flew the airplane about 3 miles south to their private residential airstrip, which is approximately 3,000 feet in length. Prior to the landing on runway 35, the pilot noted that the windsock was straight out toward the east, and she estimated the winds at 25 to 30 mph from the west. She configured the airplane with full flaps (40 degrees) and landed the airplane toward the north. During the landing roll on the runway, as "[she] reached over and selected flaps up and pushed [the] carb heat in, then [she] noticed that the aircraft had become airborne and had turned 30 [degrees] left, the aircraft was approximately 10 feet in the air. Before [she] could do anything, the aircraft hit the ground nose wheel first and came to rest upside down." The FAA inspectors responding to the site found structural damage to the engine firewall, vertical stabilizer, and right wing. The propeller and nose landing gear were also damaged. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1254Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1254Q), registered now, S/N 15072554, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150L - Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15072554 - Airframe hours: 1995 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Cheryl L. Caveny - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 20, 1999, 50 hours before - Departed: NONE, LOCAL AIRSTRIP - Airport: NONE, Paradise, runway 35, 3,000 × 75 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 139 total, 60 in this make and model, 69 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 270° at 20 knots, gusting 30 - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 36 °F ## 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 20000226004709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000226004709A), Feb 26, 2000: Cessna 150L, Marlow, OK, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft landed on private strip 5 miles NE of Marlow, Oklahoma. On landing rollout wind gusts caused aircraft to temporarily become airborne. The… ## Other investigations on N1254Q (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 CHI75FEP60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEP60), May 31, 1975: Cessna 150L (N1254Q), Milwaukee, WI, 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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