# NTSB MKC82DA067: Cessna 150, N11894, Nevada, IA, May 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1982, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Nevada, IA
- Coordinates: 42.010807, -93.450584 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0108&lon=-93.4506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71964
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71964/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA067

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, go-around (vfr)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

AFTER RETURNING FROM A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE PILOT MADE ONE GO-AROUND WHEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS TOO FAST.  JUST BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL, THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TURN AND LAND ON THE RUNWAY BUT WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE AIRPORT. THE PLANE NOSED OVER DURING A FORCED LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11894](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11894-2019-05-06), registration cancelled 2019-05-06, S/N 15075694 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075694
- Airframe hours: 3373
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Pointer Aviation
- Registered owner: Pointer Aviation
- Departed: IOWA CITY, IA
- Destination: NEVADA, IA
- Airport: 1Y4, Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 83 total, 83 in this make and model, 22 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 167 °F

## 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 19820501015109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820501015109A), May 1, 1982: Cessna 150, Nevada, IA, Substantial damage. Returning from solo crosscountry. Was too high for landing. Began goaround, ran out of fuel. Stalled in turn.

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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