# NTSB MKC87LA126: Cessna 150L, N1363Q, Antioch, NE, June 21, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 21, 1987, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Antioch, NE
- Coordinates: 42.060104, -102.27906 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0601&lon=-102.2791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34402
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA126
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34402/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA126

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - premature, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE RWY WAS 1900 FEET LONG WITH 5500 FT DENSITY ALTITUDE. WITH PILOT AND PASSENGER AND 30 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND CALM WIND, AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF, CLEARED FENCE AND ROAD. PILOT SAID HE LOWERED THE NOSE AND RAISED FLAPS TO 20 DEGREES BUT MAY HAVE RETRACTED THEM FULLY. AIRPLANE SETTLED TO SWAMPY TERRAIN AND WENT INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1363Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1363Q), registered now, S/N 15072663, 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: 15072663
- Airframe hours: 2318
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Allen T. Bright
- Registered owner: Allen T Bright
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Destination: ALLIANCE, NE
- Airport: Private Strip, runway 12, 1,900 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 431 total, 80 in this make and model, 331 as pilot in command, 33 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19870621062679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870621062679A), Jun 21, 1987: Cessna STC150, Antioch, NE, Substantial damage. Pilot applied 30 degrees of flaps to lift off short runway. Flaps were retracted and aircraft mushed into a swamp.

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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