# NTSB MKC88LA065: Cessna 150J, N50672, Searcy, AR, March 19, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 19, 1988, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Searcy, AR
- Coordinates: 35.239784, -91.730979 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2398&lon=-91.7310&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34550
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34550/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA065

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING IN DIRECT CROSSWIND, THE PIC LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE ROLL OUT. THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING TIP AND EMPENNAGE. THE PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE LOSS OF CONTROL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50672](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50672), registered now, S/N 15069476, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069476
- Airframe hours: 6470
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Flight Maintenance Inc.
- Registered owner: Flight Maintenance, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 7, 1987, 80 hours before
- Airport: MO7, Searcy, runway 1, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 440 total, 16 in this make and model, 361 as pilot in command, 71 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LIT, 40 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 19880319006109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880319006109A), Mar 19, 1988: Cessna STC150, Searcy, AR, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing roll and veered off the runway. Aircraft had been converted to a tail wheel.

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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