# NTSB FTW81FPJ20: Cessna 150, N23005, Dover, OK, April 19, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: April 19, 1981
- Place: Dover, OK · DOVER, OK
- Location: 35.9813° N, 97.9108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dover, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9813&lon=-97.9108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 126186
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW81FPJ20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPJ20

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0788  81/4/19    DOVER,OK            CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 21, 66 TOTAL
        TIME - 1850                    N23005              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TERRELL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DOVER,OK                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           STALL: MUSH                                              LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- TURNED TO AVOID PWR LNS NR DEP END OF RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N23005](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23005-2012-08-13), registration cancelled 2012-08-13, S/N 15068673, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Terrell

## 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 19810419018279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810419018279A), Apr 19, 1981: Cessna 150H, Dover, OK, Substantial damage. Stalled on go around after landing attempt at Private strip. Airplane near gross weight.

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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