# NTSB MKC85FA042: Cessna 150F, N7138F, Pawnee City, NE, January 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 2, 1985, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Pawnee City, NE
- Coordinates: 40.109851, -96.150108 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1099&lon=-96.1501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33818
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85FA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33818/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FA042

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

PLT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED TO FLY OVER A GROUP OF FRIENDS WHO WERE ON A COYOTE HUNT. WITNESS STATED THE ACFT APPROACHED FROM THE NE APRX 300 FT AGL. ACFT THEN MADE A LEFT CRCLING TURN AND WAS DESCRIBED AS FLYING VERY SLOW. AFTER COMPLETING APRX 360 DEGREES OF TURN, THE ACFT'S SPEED REDUCED AND IT ROLLED FROM SIDE TO SIDE BEFORE CONTACTING THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7138F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7138F-1988-10-06), registration cancelled 1988-10-06, S/N 15063738 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063738
- Airframe hours: 3522
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Greg A. Krueger
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 13, 1984, 26 hours before
- Departed: NE21, TECUMSEH, NE

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 492 total, 202 in this make and model, 476 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LKN, 45 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 19850102000079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850102000079A), Jan 2, 1985: Cessna 150F, Pawnee City, NE, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Low altitude circling over coyote hunters, stalled, and dived into ground.

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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