# NTSB MKC86LA125: Cessna 150L, N11753, Nevada, IA, June 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 4, 1986, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Nevada, IA
- Coordinates: 42.009727, -93.450317 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0097&lon=-93.4503&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34190
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA125
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34190/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA125

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, taxi

## Analysis

WITNESSES STATED THAT THE STUDENT APPEARED NERVOUS WHILE PERFORMING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION FOR WHAT WAS TO BE HER SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. AFTER ENGINE START AND INITIAL TAXI, THE STUDENT BEGAN TO EXERCISE THE THROTTLE IN AN ERRATIC FASHION, SOMETIMES GUNNING THE ENGINE TO FULL POWER, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES. THE AIRCRAFT GATHERED MOMENTUM AND CAREENED BETWEEN BUILDINGS AND ROWS OF PARKED AIRCRAFT, PROMPTING HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO GO CHASING AFTER HER. THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RAMP AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11753](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11753-1992-03-23), registration cancelled 1992-03-23, S/N 15075613 (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: 15075613
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Roger L. Pointer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Airport: 1Y4, Nevada Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DSM, 30 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 19860604021379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860604021379A), Jun 4, 1986: Cessna 150L, Nevada, IA, Substantial damage. The aircraft careened between buildings and struck an embankment. Student was noted to be nervous during preflight

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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