# NTSB FTW84LA149: Cessna 150M, N150N, Boy'S Ranch, TX, February 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 22, 1984, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Boy'S Ranch, TX
- Coordinates: 35.510204, -102.250473 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5102&lon=-102.2505&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21271
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA149
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21271/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA149

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A FRESHLY GRADED ROAD. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE WHEEL HIT A LARGE ROCK AND SHEARED OFF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N150N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N150N-2014-11-20), registration cancelled 2014-11-20, S/N 15077086, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077086
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Perryton Flight Center
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 8, 1983, 28 hours before
- Departed: PYX, PERRYTON, TX
- Destination: BOYS RANCH, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 26 total, 13 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: AMA, 30 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 19840222004599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840222004599A), Feb 22, 1984: Cessna 150M, Boys Ranch, TX, Substantial damage. Student pilot made off airport landing, crash occurred when nose wheel struck large rock and collapsed.

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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