# NTSB MKC84LA278: Cessna C-150M, N9282U, Council Bluffs, IA, September 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1984, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Council Bluffs, IA
- Coordinates: 41.24073, -95.850494 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2407&lon=-95.8505&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33793
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA278
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33793/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA278

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - in-flight weather advisories - disregarded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

STUDENT PLT DEPARTED ON SUPERVISED SOLO FLT. LATER, INSTRUCTOR NOTED WIND CONDITIONS AT THE AIRPORT HAD BECOME UNFAVORABLE & ADVISED PLT BY RADIO TO DIVERT TO A SPECIFIC ALTERNATE WHERE WINDS CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE. PLT DISREGARDED ADVICE, PROCEEDED TO AIRPORT OF ORIGIN AND LANDED IN STRONG, GUSTY X-WIND. ACFT DRIFTED OFF DOWNWIND SIDE OFRWY, COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND NOSED OVER. OMAHA, NB, (6 MILES NNW) REPORTED WINDS GUSTING TO 25 KTS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9282U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9282U), registered now, S/N 15078232, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078232
- Airframe hours: 2757
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Great Planes Air Service
- Registered owner: Lease-A-Plane
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 16, 1984
- Departed: LNK, LINCOLN, NE
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: CBF, Council Bluffs Muni, runway 13, 3,500 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 18 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 12 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F
- Observed at: OMA, 6 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 19840907047759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840907047759A), Sep 7, 1984: Cessna 150M, Council Bluffs, IA, Substantial damage. Drifted off runway during landing with gusty crosswinds. Disregarded instructors advice to land at another airport.

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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