# NTSB FTW84LA024: Cessna 150M, N7041W, El Paso, TX, October 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 17, 1983, 14:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Coordinates: 31.860275, -106.380081 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8603&lon=-106.3801&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): 21183
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21183/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA024

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER LEAVING THE RWY AND COLLIDING WITH A DIRT BANK DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THE CFI HAD JUST CHECKED THE STUDENT OUT FOR HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. HE HEARD THE ACFT POWER DECREASE AND SAW THE ACFT HEADING OFF THE RWY. THE STUDENT THEN INCREASED THE POWER BUT THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A DIRT BANK, CONTINUED AIRBORNE FOR A SHORTDISTANCE & BOUNCED BEFORE IT NOSED OVER INTO AN INVERTED ATTITUDE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7041W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078705
- Airframe hours: 2230
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Ft. Bliss Flying Club
- Registered owner: Edgardo Carballo
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: EL PASO, TX
- Flight plan: Military VFR
- Airport: FIF, Biggs Aaf, runway 3, 13,555 × 300 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 1 knots
- Visibility: 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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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