# NTSB MKC83LA021: Cessna 150J, N61128, Wahoo, NE, November 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 16, 1982, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Wahoo, NE
- Coordinates: 41.210788, -96.619438 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2108&lon=-96.6194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72940
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72940/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA021

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff

## Analysis

PLT THOUGHT HE HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE JUST AFTER LIFT-OFF & ABORTED. THE ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RWY & OVERTURNED. THE OWNER EXAMINED THE ACFT & WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE. THE PLT LATER STATED HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE NOISE WAS, & ALSO SAID HE WAS NERVOUS DURING THE TAKEOFF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N61128](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61128-2018-09-13), registration cancelled 2018-09-13, S/N 15070821, 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: 15070821
- Airframe hours: 2049
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: J & D Aircraft Service Co.,Inc
- Registered owner: J & D Aircraft Service Co.,Inc
- Departed: AHQ, WAHOO, NE
- Destination: AHQ, WAHOO, NE
- Airport: AHQ, Wahoo Muni, runway 2, 3,500 × 50 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles

## 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 19821116058609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821116058609A), Nov 16, 1982: Cessna 150J, Wahoo, NE, Substantial damage. Student pilot became nervous on initial takeoff. Aborted too late. Overran end of runway and overturned.

## Other investigations on N61128 (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 FTW78DPD26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DPD26), Jul 23, 1978: Cessna 150J (N61128), Iowa Park, TX, 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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