# NTSB MKC89LA138: Cessna 150M, N3148V, Grain Valley, MO, June 19, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1989, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Grain Valley, MO
- Coordinates: 39.000953, -94.199424 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0010&lon=-94.1994&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 28, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34813
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC89LA138
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34813/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA138

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE STUDENT PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT,  WHILE ABORTING A BOUNCED LANDING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE AND LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE MAKE AND MODEL OF AIRCRAFT, THE RIGHT CROSSWIND, AND THE PROXIMITY OF TREES.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - performed, pilot in command
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS PRACTICING LNDGS ON HER 1ST SUPRVSD SOLO FLT IN A CESSNA 150. SHE STATED THE ACFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE RWY, SO PWR WAS ADDED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND. AS SHE APPLIED POWER & RAISED THE FLAPS A NOTCH, THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT & COLLIDED WITH TREES, LESS THAN 100 FT SOUTH OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3148V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3148V), registered now, S/N 15076402, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15076402
- Airframe hours: 4988
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Hamilton, Aviation
- Registered owner: Hamilton Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 30, 1989, 68 hours before
- Departed: 3GV
- Airport: 3GV, East Kansas City, runway 27, 3,800 × 45 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 43 total, 7 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.