# NTSB MKC87LA108: Cessna 150L, N1418Q, Harrison, AR, May 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 25, 1987, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Harrison, AR
- Coordinates: 36.240257, -93.109222 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2403&lon=-93.1092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34385
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34385/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA108

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - weather condition - windshear (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT SAID HE WAS LANDING INTO THE WIND AND WHEN HE WAS 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THE WIND SEEMED TO SHIFT TO A TAIL WIND. THE AIRPLANE STALLED, HIT THE RUNWAY HARD AND BOUNCED. THE PILOT SAID HE PUSHED THE CONTROL WHEEL FORWARD AND THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSED. A THUNDERSTORM HIT THE AIRPORT 20 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1418Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1418Q-2008-07-01), registration cancelled 2008-07-01, S/N 15072718, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- 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: 15072718
- Airframe hours: 3745
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Larry K. Fowler
- Registered owner: Larry K Fowler
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 1, 1987, 93 hours before
- Departed: PLK, POINT LOOKOUT, MO
- Airport: HRO, Boone County, runway 18, 6,159 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 101 total, 95 in this make and model, 66 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HRO

## 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 19870525015549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870525015549A), May 25, 1987: Cessna 150L, Harrison, AR, Substantial damage. Just above runway landing stalled. Bounced. Pushed yoke forward. Collapsed nose gear. Windshift from thunderstorm.

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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