# NTSB MKC86FA080: Cessna 150F, N8917S, Hannibal, MO, April 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 5, 1986, 11:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Hannibal, MO
- Location: 39.7252° N, 91.4439° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANNIBAL RGNL (HAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7252&lon=-91.4439&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34061
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86FA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34061/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86FA080

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - inadequate, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
  - weather evaluation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND COMPONENT IN EXCESS OF 15 KNOTS. HE USED A CRAB ANGLE ON FINAL BUT AS THE ACFT APCH THE RWY HE APPLIED RUDDER. HE SAID, WITH FULL RUDDER THE ACFT WAS STILL NOT ALIGNED WITH THE RWY AND HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND. HE THEN APPLIED FULL PWR BUT FAILED TO RELEASE LEFT RUDDER PRESSURE AND THE ACFT ABRUPTLY TURNED LEFT. THERE WERE TREES AHEAD AND WHEN THE PLT TRIED TO CLIMB TO CLEAR THE TREES THE ACFT STALLED AND CRASHED. THE STUDENT'S CFI FURNISHED THE STUDENT WITH AN ARPT ADVISORY BEFORE HE BEGAN THE APCH. THE WINDS FURNISHED IN THE ADVISORY SHOWED A RIGHT QUARTERING CROSSWIND OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8917S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8917S-2014-11-20), registration cancelled 2014-11-20, S/N 15062217, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15062217
- Airframe hours: 3655
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Rodney Hilten, doing business as Hannibal Air, Inc.
- Registered owner: Lealon R. & Fern E. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 12, 1986, 81 hours before
- Departed: IJX, JACKSONVILLE, IL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: HAE, Hannibal Muni, runway 17, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 20 knots, gusting 32
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: UIN, 18 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 19860405058779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860405058779A), Apr 5, 1986: Cessna 150F, Hannibal, MO, Substantial damage. Student pilot attempted to land in high crosswinds. Aircraft impacted the ground during attempted go around.

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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