# NTSB MIA89LA105: Cessna 150, N66374, Arcadia, FL, March 12, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 12, 1989, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Arcadia, FL
- Location: 27.2212° N, 81.8584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arcadia, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2212&lon=-81.8584&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32408
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89LA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32408/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA105

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S DELAYED TO GO AROUND AFTER LANDING LONG WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - aborted
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - aborted
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE 2500 FT GRASS STRIP WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED & 30 DEG OF FLAPS. WHEN HE REALIZED IT WOULD NOT STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY, HE INITIATED A GO-AROUND. HOWEVER, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE NEAR THE DEP END OF THE RWY. THE PLT NOTED THAT HE HAD SIMPLY LANDED LONG & FAST, AND THAT THE FLAPS TOOK LONGER TO RETRACT, THAN HE WOULD HAVE LIKED. ALSO, HE BELIEVED THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED, IF HE HAD LANDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RWY OR HAD DECIDED TO GO AROUND SOONER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66374](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66374-1990-08-14), registration cancelled 1990-08-14, S/N 15075998 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075998
- Airframe hours: 2650
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hutchins, Richard A.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 1989, 66 hours before
- Departed: IMM, IMMOKALEE, FL
- Destination: 92FL
- Airport: 92FL, Carlstrom Field, runway 9, 2,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 530 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMY, 31 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 19890312004379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890312004379A), Mar 12, 1989: Cessna 150M, Arcadia, FL, Substantial damage. Too high and fast began a belated go around and struck a fence off the end of the runway.

## Other investigations on N66374 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA76DKT99](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76DKT99), Sep 27, 1976: Cessna 150 (N66374), Opalocka, FL, substantial damage

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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