# NTSB MKC86LA042: Cessna 150, N4649X, Carlisle, AR, December 31, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 31, 1985, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Carlisle, AR
- Coordinates: 34.779895, -91.739746 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7799&lon=-91.7397&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34122
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34122/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA042

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - relinquishing of control - not performed, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS MAKING THE TAKEOFF, AFTER A STOP AND GO LANDING. THE ACFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LT DURING THE ROLL AND THE CFI CAUTIONED THE STUDENT TO CORRECT FOR TORQUE. THE CFI TOOK CONTROL BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET THE STUDENT TO RELEASE THE CONTROLS BEFORE THE ACFT RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4649X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4649X-2013-06-18), registration cancelled 2013-06-18, S/N 15064699, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064699
- Airframe hours: 2878
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert F. Friedl
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 8, 1985, 15 hours before
- Departed: 1M1, N. LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Airport: 4M3, Carlisle Municipal, runway 36, 4,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 1,155 total, 500 in this make and model, 1,026 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F

## 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 19851231064169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851231064169A), Dec 31, 1985: Cessna 150G, Carlisle, AR, Substantial damage. Aircraft veered on takeoff roll. Student froze on controls. Aircraft struck embankment.

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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