# NTSB SEA88LA091: Cessna 150K, N6251G, Yamhill, OR, May 11, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1988, 17:00 local (May 11, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Yamhill, OR
- Coordinates: 45.359607, -123.23954 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3596&lon=-123.2395&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40814
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40814/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA091

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - separation
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

ON SHORT FINAL FOR LANDING ONTO A 2100 FOOT AIRSTRIP AT ABOUT 12 FEET AGL, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ADVERSE WINDS AND STRUCK THE GROUND IN A THREE POINT ATTITUDE BREAKING OFF THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER INVERTED STRIKING A BARBED WIRE FENCE. THIS PARTICULAR AIRSTRIP DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A GO-AROUND DUE TO STEEP HIGH RISING TERRAIN. ALL LANDINGS MUST BE MADE TO THE WEST AND ALL TAKEOFFS TO THE EAST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6251G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6251G-1989-08-22), registration cancelled 1989-08-22, S/N 15071751 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071751
- Airframe hours: 4425
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: David G. Carlo
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 21, 1987
- Departed: 59S, VANCOUVER, WA
- Destination: OR05, YAMHILL, OR
- Airport: OR05, Flying M Ranch, runway 28, 2,130 × 45 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 382 total, 382 in this make and model, 334 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 50 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 19880510014009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880510014009A), May 10, 1988: Cessna STC150, Yamhill, OR, Substantial damage. Made hard 3 point landing. Gear broke, aircraft nosed over hitting a fence. Pilot stated he experienced adverse wind

## Other investigations on N6251G (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA81DYM27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYM27), Jun 5, 1981: Cessna 150 (N6251G), Astoria, OR, substantial damage

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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