# NTSB FTW88DPA06: Cessna 150K, N2550Q, Whitney, TX, August 25, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 24, 1988, 20:45 local (Aug 25, 1988, 01:45 UTC)
- Place: Whitney, TX
- Coordinates: 31.940944, -97.319389 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9409&lon=-97.3194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22446
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW88DPA06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22446/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DPA06

## 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 - roll
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A TOUCH AND GO LANDING BEFORE FLYING TO ANOTHER AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN MORE THAN 1000 FEET DOWN THE 2000 FOOT RUNWAY, WENT OFF THE END AND 300 FEET BEYOND THE END BEFORE HITTING A DIRT BANK AND NOSING OVER TO THE INVERTED POSITION. ALTHOUGH ONE BRAKE LINE WAS BROKEN, THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY AND THERE WAS NO BRAKE FLUID ON THE RUNWAY, THE WHEEL OR THE BRAKE ASSEMLBY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2550Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2550Q-1991-06-24), registration cancelled 1991-06-24, S/N 15071385 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071385
- Airframe hours: 4843
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bobby D. Helms
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 19, 1988, 80 hours before
- Departed: F50
- Airport: F50, Whitney State Park, runway 35, 2,000 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 39 total, 17 in this make and model, 13 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 50° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19880824042099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880824042099A), Aug 24, 1988: Cessna 150K, Whitney, TX, Substantial damage. Overran the departure end of the runway. Struck a dirt bank and flipped over. Had started go around then aborted.

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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