# NTSB FTW84LA238: Cessna 150H, N22024, Sunray, TX, May 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 20, 1984, 15:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: Sunray, TX
- Coordinates: 36.010372, -101.820976 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0104&lon=-101.8210&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): 21339
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA238
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21339/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA238

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - intentional, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING INITIAL CLIMB, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 8 TO 10 FT AGL, THE STUDENT PLT REPORTED EXPERIENCING 'TURBULENCE LIKE A DOWN DRAFT' & THE ACFT SETTLED BACK TO THE RWY. BELIEVING THAT INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINED TO CLEAR APPROACHING POWER LINES, THE PLT INTENTIONALLY SWERVED THE ACFT OFF THE RWY. IT ENTERED A SOFT, PLOWED FLD ADJACENT TO THE RWY & NOSED OVER FOLLOWING COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE LOCAL WIND SPEED WAS 2 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 15 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22024](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22024-2012-08-27), registration cancelled 2012-08-27, S/N 15068015, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- 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
- Serial number: 15068015
- Airframe hours: 2464
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Leon Stovall
- Registered owner: Leon Stovall
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 4, 1983, 39 hours before
- Departed: Q43, SUNRAY, TX
- Airport: Q43, Sunray Muni, runway 20, 4,100 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: AMA, 50 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 19840520017979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840520017979A), May 20, 1984: Cessna 150H, Sunray, TX, Substantial damage. Settled back to runway on attempted downwind takeoff. Elected to abort by veering off runway. Aircraft nose over.

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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