# NTSB MKC85LA049: Cessna 150A, N7025X, Independence, MO, January 13, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 13, 1985, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Independence, MO
- Location: 39.0911° N, 94.4155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Independence, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0911&lon=-94.4155&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): 33906
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33906/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA049

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank

## Analysis

PLT MADE TWO GO-AROUNDS BECAUSE THE ACFT WAS BLOWN TO THE LEFT OF THE RWY. ACFT TOUCHED ON THIRD ATTEMPT, VEERED TO THE LEFT AND CONTACTED A SNOWBANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7025X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7025X-1989-01-26), registration cancelled 1989-01-26, S/N 15059125 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150A
- Registry model: [Cessna 150A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150a) (registry code 2071804) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15059125
- Airframe hours: 3140
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: John P. Lorance, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 31, 1984
- Departed: 31P, INDEPENDENCE, MO
- Airport: 31P, Independence Mem, runway 18, 2,570 × 50 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 231° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKC, 25 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 19850113000769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850113000769A), Jan 13, 1985: Cessna 150A, Independence, MO, Substantial damage. After landing on 3rd try blown to the left, hit snow bank. Two nearby airports with runways more aligned with wind.

## Other investigations on N7025X (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 UNK64X0588](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0588), Feb 16, 1964: Cessna 150 (N7025X), Broomfield, CO, 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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