# NTSB MKC86FA098: Cessna 150, N10768, Harrisburg, NE, April 30, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 30, 1986, 16:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place: Harrisburg, NE
- Coordinates: 41.550273, -103.740707 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5503&lon=-103.7407&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34065
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86FA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34065/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86FA098

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - aerobatics - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - performance data - not understood, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT IMPACTED IN A 40 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE FOLLOWING A STALL-SPIN. NO MECHANICAL DESCREPANCIES WERE NOTED WITH THE ACFT AND NO PRE-EXISTING PHYSICAL INCAPACITATING HISTORY OF THE PIC WAS DISCOVERED. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS PRIOR TO THIS FLT, THE PIC HAD ASKED HIS FLT INSTRUCTOR TO DEMONSTRATE 'HAMMER HEAD' STALLS. BUT THE FLT INSTRUCTOR DECLINED. WX WAS CONSIDERED GOOD VFR FOR THE SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT. RADAR SHOWED THE ACFT MANEUVERING AWAY FM THE PLANNED ROUTE OF FLIGHT JUST PRIOR TO DISAPPEARING FROM RADAR CONTACT. THE IMPACT OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10768](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10768-1988-01-08), registration cancelled 1988-01-08, S/N 15075021, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075021
- Airframe hours: 7648
- Engines: LYCOMING O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Emery School Of Aviation
- Registered owner: Johnson & Johnson Education
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 27, 1986, 75 hours before
- Departed: BFF, SCOTTSBLUFF, NE
- Destination: GXY, GREELEY, CO
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 140 total, 34 in this make and model, 86 as pilot in command, 121 in the last 90 days, 45 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BFF, 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 19860430015279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860430015279A), Apr 30, 1986: Cessna 150L, Harrisburg, NE, Substantial damage. Impacted ground nose down collapsing wings and with little forward movement on flat terrain. No malfunctions found.

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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