# NTSB MKC88FA086: Cessna 150F, N8605S, Mansfield, MO, May 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1988, 20:10 local (May 9, 1988, 01:10 UTC)
- Place: Mansfield, MO
- Coordinates: 37.100402, -92.579193 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1004&lon=-92.5792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34493
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88FA086
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34493/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA086

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural detection, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,static (contributing factor)
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - open field
  - misc eqpt/furnishings,shoulder harness - not installed (contributing factor)

## Analysis

A WITNESS SAW THE ACFT FLYING AT LOW ALT AS IT PASSED IN FRONT OF HER CAR AT DUSK IN A NORTHEASTERLY DRCTN. SHE RPRTD THE ACFT CONTD DOWN A VALLEY TOWARD POWER LINES THAT SPANNED AN OPEN FIELD. SHE SAW THE ACFT PULL UP RAPIDLY, BECOME ENTANGLED IN THE POWER LINES, THEN TUMBLE TO THE GROUND IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE PLT WAS FND STRAPPED IN HIS SEAT, BUT NO SHOULDER HARNESS WAS INSTALLED IN THE ACFT. RESCUE PERSONNEL TRIED TO SAVE THE PLT'S LIFE BY USING CPR, BUT WERE UNABLE. AN EXAM REVEALED THE ACFT HAD HIT THE UPPER STATIC CABLE OF THE POWERLINE. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT OR ENG WAS FND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8605S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8605S-2014-11-20), registration cancelled 2014-11-20, S/N 15061905, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061905
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Freddy L. Jamieson
- Registered owner: Jamieson, Freedy Lee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: MO14, MANSFIELD, MO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 2,700 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SGF, 38 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 19880509013009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880509013009A), May 9, 1988: Cessna 150F, Mansfield, MO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into powerlines on downwind leg of pattern. Lack of shoulder harness caused fatality. Observed at 20FT AGL.

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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