# NTSB FTW82DA065: Cessna 150M, N9320U, Lubbock, TX, February 20, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 20, 1982, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Coordinates: 33.549316, -101.86013 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5493&lon=-101.8601&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71507/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA065

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER ELECTING TO ABORT TAKEOFF THE PILOT REALIZED HE HAD INSUFFICIENT ROOM TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY. HE REAPPLIED POWER TO ATTEMPT TO FLY OVER A ROAD BUT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OVER A ROAD INTO A PLOWED FIELD AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A CROSSWIND DURING TAKEOFF AND WAS NEAR THE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9320U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9320U-1983-09-03), registration cancelled 1983-09-03, S/N 15078270 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078270
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Skybreeze Aviation
- Registered owner: Skybreeze Aviation
- Departed: F82, LUBBOCK, TX
- Destination: F82, LUBBOCK, TX
- Airport: F82, Town And Country, runway 35, 2,600 × 0 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 60 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 162 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LBB, 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 19820220005049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820220005049A), Feb 20, 1982: Cessna 150M, Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. Crosswind takeoff at gross weight. Pilot believed power loss. Landed in plowed field. No engine defects found.

## Other investigations on N9320U (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 FTW78DPG80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DPG80), Aug 24, 1978: Cessna 150 (N9320U), Springdale, AR, 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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