# NTSB FTW86LPA01: Cessna 150M, N704MA, Arlington, TX, October 26, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 26, 1985, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Location: 32.7357° N, 97.1081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arlington, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7357&lon=-97.1081&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22099
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LPA01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22099/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LPA01

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise
  - electrical system - burned
  - electrical system - undetermined (cause)
- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER OVER IN A FLD DURING A FORCED LANDING. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE COCKPIT BEGAN FILLING WITH SMOKE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENG QUIT. THE ACFT TRAVELED APRX 700 FT DURING THE LANDING ROLL BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO SOFT TERRAIN AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. INSPECTION OF THE ACFT DISCLOSED ELECTRICAL WIRING BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HAD BURNED. REASON FOR THE LOSS OF PWR WAS NOT DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704MA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704MA-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 15078709, built 1976 (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: 15078709
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: In-Flight
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles Canney
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: F54, ARLINGTON, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; medical: class 3, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 19851026054229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851026054229A), Oct 26, 1985: Cessna 150M, Arlington, TX, Substantial damage. Instrument panel wiring burned, then the engine quit. Landed in a field, nosed over. Student pilot had a passenger.

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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