# NTSB MKC87LA018: Cessna 150H, N22037, Flippin, AR, November 15, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 15, 1986, 13:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place: Flippin, AR
- Coordinates: 36.269798, -92.590187 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2698&lon=-92.5902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34321
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34321/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA018

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

WHILE THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS, THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A DITCH AND FLIPPED FORWARD TO THE INVERTED POSITION. THE PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT ONE OF THE BRAKES HAD LOCKED. THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF EXCESSIVE BRAKING ON THE RUNWAY AND THE WHEELS DID TURN FREELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22037](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22037), registered now, S/N 15068023 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 150-6803
- Airframe hours: 2346
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harold Mears
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 11, 1986, 49 hours before
- Airport: FLP, Marion County Regional, runway 22, 3,475 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 45 °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 19861115056129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861115056129A), Nov 15, 1986: Cessna 150H, Flippin, AR, Substantial damage. During touch and go practice, student landed hard and ran off the side of the runway into a ditch and nosed over.

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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