# NTSB MKC87FA002: Cessna 150, N22943, Fort Scott, KS, October 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1986, 09:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place: Fort Scott, KS
- Coordinates: 37.830459, -94.700851 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8305&lon=-94.7009&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34267
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87FA002
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34267/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87FA002

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent total experience, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS TO OBSERVE AND PHOTOGRAPH THE EFFECTS OF A FLOOD WHICH HAD INUNDATED A PART OF THE CITY OF FORT SCOTT. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING LOW AND SLOW OVER THE CITY. WITNESSES SAID THE ACFT WAS FLYING FROM WEST TO EAST AND MADE A TURN BACK TO THE WEST. IT THEN ENTERED A SPIN AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE TO RECOVER. THE ACFT IMPACTED IN A WATER FILLED DITCH AND DID NOT MOVE AFTER IMPACT. ACCORDING TO HIS LOG BOOK THE PLT HAD FLOWN 3.9 HRS IN 1984, 7.3 HRS IN 1985, AND 2.6 HRS IN 1986. THERE WAS NO FLYING TIME RECORDED FOR THE PAST 90 DAYS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22943](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22943-1989-06-08), registration cancelled 1989-06-08, S/N 15068635 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15068635
- Airframe hours: 4309
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Fort Scott Aircraft, Inc.
- Registered owner: Richard W. Freeman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 10, 1985, 112 hours before
- Departed: FSK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 136 total, 19 in this make and model, 80 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CNU, 39 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 19861005047549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861005047549A), Oct 5, 1986: Cessna 150H, Fort Scott, KS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft spun into a flooded area. The pilot was operating at a low altitude over a city. Not flown last 90 day

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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