# NTSB MKC82DA145: Cessna 150J, N61142, Conway Springs, KS, August 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1982, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Conway Springs, KS
- Location: 37.3899° N, 97.6429° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conway Springs, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3899&lon=-97.6429&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70332
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA145
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70332/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA145

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,cylinder - low compression (cause)
  - judgment - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER DURING LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT HIT TREES 100 YARDS SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION DISCLOSED LOW COMPRESSION ON 3 CYLINDERS AND NONE ON NUMBER FOUR CYLINDER. THE ENGINE HAD BEEN LOW ON RPM SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS ON HIS WAY TO HAVE THE ENGINE CHECKED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N61142](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61142-2018-01-25), registration cancelled 2018-01-25, S/N 15070833, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070833
- Airframe hours: 2086
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Thomas E. Bales
- Registered owner: Samuel T. Nicholson, Jr.
- Departed: ICT, WICHITA, KS
- Destination: 22D, EIGHTY FOUR, PA
- Airport: KS36, Wamsley

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 137 total, 83 in this make and model, 95 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 196 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICT, 20 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 19820812038449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820812038449A), Aug 12, 1982: Cessna 150J, Conway Springs, KS, Destroyed. Partial power loss. Collided with a hedge row near airport. Was ferrying aircraft after engine was run on wrong fuel

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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