# NTSB MIA87LA065: Cessna 150H, N22684, Tchula, MS, January 1, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 1, 1987, 12:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Tchula, MS
- Coordinates: 33.179542, -90.220176 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1795&lon=-90.2202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31844
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31844/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA065

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT A CROP DUSTING STRIP HE INADVERTENTLY LANDED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN A PLOWED FIELD, FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22684](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22684-2013-07-08), registration cancelled 2013-07-08, S/N 15068447, built 1968 (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: 15068447
- Airframe hours: 3889
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Thomas L. Sprinkle
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 28, 1986
- Departed: GWO, GREENWOOD, MS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 644 total, 173 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GWO, 25 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 19870101013209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870101013209A), Jan 1, 1987: Cessna 150H, Tchula, MS, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed in muddy terrain beside the turf runway and nosed over. The pilot misjudged the airfield edge.

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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