# NTSB MKC83FA069: Cessna 150L, N18204, Ellsworth, KS, February 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1983, 11:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place: Ellsworth, KS
- Coordinates: 38.730743, -98.219978 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7307&lon=-98.2200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33318
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83FA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33318/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA069

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering - turn to reverse direction
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT DEPARTED RED CLOUD, NE FOR A VFR, NO-FLIGHT-PLAN FLIGHT TO KINGMAN, KS. WITNESSES REPORTED AN AIRCRAFT FLYING IN FLIGHT CONDITIONS THAT APPEARED TO DETERIORATE FROM A WEATHER STAND STANDPOINT IN THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. ONE WITNESS STATED THAT HE HEARD AN AIRCRAFT PASS NEAR HIM BUT COULD NOT SEE IT, DUE TO DENSE FOG IN THE AREA. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO INDICATIONS OF PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTIONS OR PROBLEMS TO THE POWERPLANT OR ITS COMPONENTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N18204](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18204-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 15073861, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- 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: 2071826
- Airframe hours: 3889
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mark Allen Yenne
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, February 18, 1983, 3 hours before
- Departed: 7V7, RED CLOUD
- Destination: 9K8, KINGMAN, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; toxicology performed; flight hours: 3,021 total, 2,924 in this make and model, 2,912 as pilot in command, 264 in the last 90 days, 69 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RSL, 35 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 19830221004389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830221004389A), Feb 21, 1983: Cessna 150L, Ellsworth, KS, Destroyed. Vertical impact airspeed and descent rate on impact damaged instruments. Indicate a stall spin from loss of control

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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