# NTSB SEA94LA219: Cessna 150E, N4016U, Mcminnville, OR, August 24, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 24, 1994, 07:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place: Mcminnville, OR
- Coordinates: 45.190654, -123.239379 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1907&lon=-123.2394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 42006
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA94LA219
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42006/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA219

## Probable cause

THE STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND HIS INADEQUATE REMEDIAL ACTION. FACTORS INCLUDE SOFT TERRAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. AS THE AIRCRAFT HEADED FOR THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED REMEDIAL ACTION, BUT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FROM RUNNING OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSING OVER IN SOFT TERRAIN.

## Factual narrative

On August 24, 1994, approximately 0755 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna 150, N4016U, ran off the runway and nosed over at McMinnville Airport, McMinnville, Oregon. The student pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The solo instructional flight, which departed the same location about 55 minutes earlier, was operating in visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. No flight plan had been filed, and there was no report of an ELT activation.

According to the FAA inspector who responded to the accident, the student pilot lost control of the aircraft during the roll-out portion of a touch-and-go landing. As the aircraft headed off the runway, the student pilot attempted remedial action, but was unable to keep the aircraft from running off the runway and nosing over in soft terrain.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4016U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4016U), registered now, S/N 15061416, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061416
- Airframe hours: 4096
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lenhardt, James L.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Limited (Special); Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 3, 1993, 19 hours before
- Airport: MMV, Mcminnville Airport, runway 22, 5,419 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19940824027159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940824027159A), Aug 24, 1994: Cessna 150E, Mcminnville, OR, Substantial damage. Lost control on touch and go. Veered off runway into soft ground. Nosed over.

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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