# NTSB MKC85LA050: Cessna 150L, N10894, Beloit, KS, January 23, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 23, 1985, 10:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Beloit, KS
- Coordinates: 39.459415, -98.100158 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4594&lon=-98.1002&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): 33907
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33907/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA050

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RWY 35. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE VEERED LEFT, HIT A SNOWBANK OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY & FLIPPED FORWARD TO THE INVERTED POSITION. WINDS WERE FROM 300 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 10 KNOTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10894](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10894-1993-04-07), registration cancelled 1993-04-07, S/N 15075115 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 150-75115
- Airframe hours: 2292
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Steven J. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 7, 1984, 11 hours before
- Airport: K6J, Municipal, runway 35, 3,600 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 73 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19850123001199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850123001199A), Jan 23, 1985: Cessna 150L, Beloit, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft veered off runway after flaps were raised for touch and go. Struck snowbank and flipped over.

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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