# NTSB MKC87LA111: Cessna 150H, N6561S, Miami, MO, May 11, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1987, 19:00 local (May 11, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Miami, MO
- Coordinates: 39.319183, -93.219482 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3192&lon=-93.2195&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34388
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34388/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA111

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - from landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - runway maintenance - inadequate, airport personnel (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, taxi - from landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total

## Analysis

THE PILOT HAD COMPLETED THE LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRPORT AND WAS TAXIING AT THE EDGE OF THE GRAVEL RUNWAY. HE HIT A CLUMP OF GRASS AND DIRT AND PARTIALLY COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6561S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6561S-2003-12-08), registration cancelled 2003-12-08, S/N 15067361, built 1967 (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: 15067361
- Airframe hours: 3098
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lawrence B. Holland
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 20, 1987, 2 hours before
- Departed: MHL, MARSHALL, MO
- Airport: Private, runway 19, 2,400 ×  ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 178 total, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °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 19870510018719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870510018719A), May 10, 1987: Cessna 150H, Miami, MO, Substantial damage. The nose gear collapsed after hitting a grass clump while taxiing. The pilot was taxiing too fast for conditions.

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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