# NTSB MKC85FCQ05: Cessna 150M, N3201V, Manhattan, KS, July 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1985, 20:10 local (Jul 11, 1985, 01:10 UTC)
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Coordinates: 39.190315, -96.589485 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1903&lon=-96.5895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33866
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85FCQ05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33866/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FCQ05

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - planned approach - misjudged, 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

## Analysis

THE ACFT CONTACTED THE TERRAIN APRX 175 YDS SHORT OF RWY 21 AND APRX 50 FT RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE. A WITNESS REPORTED THE ACFT APPEARED SLOW ON FINAL APCH AND IT WAS ROLLING SLIGHTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE NOSE OF THE ACFT THEN SUDDENLY DROPPED AND THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND, NOSING OVER. THE PLT DOES NOT RECALL ANY OF TE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT'S HUSBAND WHO HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED 2 HRS OF FLT TRAINING WAS SEATED IN THE LEFT SEAT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3201V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3201V-2012-03-12), registration cancelled 2012-03-12, S/N 15076418, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 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: 15076418
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Go Leasing Co.
- Registered owner: Go Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, May 21, 1985, 79 hours before
- Departed: MHK, MANHATTAN, KS
- Airport: MHK, Mannattan Municipal, runway 21, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 130 total, 119 in this make and model, 75 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MHK, 5 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 19850710030469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850710030469A), Jul 10, 1985: Cessna 150M, Manhattan, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft wings rolled from side to side, nosed down and struck ground short of runway.

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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