# NTSB FTW87LA185: Cessna 150M, N150RG, Sallisaw, OK, July 31, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 31, 1987, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Sallisaw, OK
- Coordinates: 35.459331, -94.800201 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4593&lon=-94.8002&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22408
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA185
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22408/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA185

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, descent - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - normal
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - water,glassy (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN NEAR THE SALLISAW, OKLAHOMA AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE QUIT AND HE ATTEMPTED A FORCED LANDING TO A FIELD. HOWEVER, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AND THEN IMPACTED WATER IN A MINING PIT. THE AIRCRAFT SANK IN APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET OF WATER. THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE POWER LOSS WAS NOT DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N150RG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N150RG-1991-01-31), registration cancelled 1991-01-31, S/N 15078532 (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: 15078532
- Airframe hours: 2200
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kenneth Bounos
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 1, 1987, 20 hours before
- Departed: ACK, ROCKDALE, TX
- Destination: OSH, OSHKOSH, WI
- Airport: 2M2, Sallisaw

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 104 total, 11 in this make and model, 57 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 99 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FSM, 26 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 19870731043859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870731043859A), Jul 31, 1987: Cessna 150M, Sallisaw, OK, Destroyed. The engine failed on descent and the aircraft landed in a mining pit. The pilot smelled fuel before engine quit.

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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