# NTSB FTW87LA224: Cessna 150M, N63156, Addison, TX, September 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 25, 1987, 13:54 local (18:54 UTC)
- Place: Addison, TX
- Coordinates: 32.959964, -96.829681 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9600&lon=-96.8297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22433
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA224
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22433/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA224

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT BECAME TOO SLOW WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, STARTED MUSHING, AND DRIFTED LEFT. FULL ENGINE POWER WAS APPLIED ACCOMPANIED BY NOSE UP ELEVATOR TRIM. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THEN CLIMBED ABOUT 30 FEET WHILE ATTAINING A STEEP NOSE UP ATTITUDE AND STALLED. AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED, ITS NOSE AND LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE SURFACE AND IT FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63156](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63156-1990-01-24), registration cancelled 1990-01-24, S/N 15077144 (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: 15077144
- Airframe hours: 5230
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Hunter Aviation
- Registered owner: Wanda H. Kuchel
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 1, 1987, 71 hours before
- Departed: PRX, PARIS, TX
- Destination: ADS, ADDISON, TX
- Airport: ADS, Addison, runway 15, 7,199 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 28 total, 8 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ADS

## 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 19870925057249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870925057249A), Sep 25, 1987: Cessna 150M, Dallas, TX, Substantial damage. Added power in steep nose up position trying to recover from a bad landing. Aircraft stalled. Impacted. Nosed 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.