NTSB investigations: Cessna 150L, 1987

27 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Cessna 150L. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations: Cessna 150L, 1987 per year, 1970–2026: 1,492 cases
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  WHERE year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1987
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  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB CHI88DEV01Accident · 1 fatalFinal reportCessna 150L · Marion, ILPilot in command suffered a fatal heart attack. His wife, a private pilot, attempted to land the aircraft, lost control on landing roll and struck a runway light.Dec 5, 1987 · N7533G · Substantial damageNTSB DEN88LA028Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Aberdeen, SDThe private plt was returning home with his son and encountered marginal VFR weather. The flight continued through freezing rain and snow at below freezing temperatures for over twenty minutes. When carburetor heat was applied for landing, the plt reported…Nov 25, 1987 · N1380Q · Substantial damageNTSB FTW88LA012Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · Mckinney, TXDuring flare/touchdown with full flaps the aircraft bounced. The student pilot in an attempt to go-around failed to retract the flaps. The aircraft stalled contacting some trees and subsequently the ground, damaging the left wing, right wing, and the…Oct 24, 1987 · N6530G · Substantial damageNTSB FTW88LA010Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Lancaster, TXWhile rtrng fm a x-country, the student bcm disoriented & reqd assistance. Redbird twr ctlr adzd dallas-ft worth TRACON that the plt was lost & needed a beacon identification. A few min later, the acft's location was determined & the ctlr at redbird relayed a…Oct 22, 1987 · N17176 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX88LA018Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Carpenteria, CAThe pilot encountered deteriorating weather as he approached his destination. After descending to 1,500 feet MSL, he attempted to follow a highway to the ocean but inadvertently encountered fog. The pilot attempted to turn, after spotting lights from houses…Oct 19, 1987 · N11176 · DestroyedNTSB LAX88LA013Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Guam (Pacific Ocean)The pilot experienced a loss of engine power at 1500 feet MSL while on a flight in the marianas islands from saipan to Guam. The aircraft was ditched in ocean waters about 2 miles north of Guam and was not recovered. The occupants were rescued by a U.S. Navy…Oct 12, 1987 · N11939 · DestroyedNTSB ATL88LA009Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Cumming, GAThe student pilot was attempting to land on the 1550 foot runway. The aircraft touched down hard and bounced. The pilot pushed forward on the control column and the aircraft came down on the nose gear which collapsed.Oct 10, 1987 · N18167 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL88LA004Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Cordesville, SCThe airplane nosed over during a forced ldg on soft terrain, after experiencing a loss of engine power during descent from cruise. The plt reported that the acft ran out of fuel. He had made an unplanned stop earlier to take on additional fuel, after…Oct 6, 1987 · N11838 · Substantial damageNTSB CHI87LA207Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Ludington, MIDrg the takeoff roll, the acft went off the left side of the rwy. The student rprtd the takeoff roll seemed normal untilrotation, but when the nose wheel lifted off the rwy, the acft began to veer to the left. He stated he was unable to correct the situation…Sep 3, 1987 · N7502G · Substantial damageNTSB ATL87FA244Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Murray, KYPIC stated to friends he intended to execute a hammerhead stall after take off from a private grass strip. Airstrip owner observed acft make a low pass, pitch up vertically, and execute a hammerhead stall at about 450-500 feet AGL. There was insufficient…Aug 29, 1987 · N6795G · Substantial damageNTSB SEA87LA176Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · Oak Harbor, WAThe plt had not slept the night of the flt. He was wearing contact lens and had closed his eyes several times during the flt to alleviate stinging. While on short final approach to land the plt closed his eyes and fell asleep. When he awoke he was left of the…Aug 25, 1987 · N19092 · DestroyedNTSB BFO87LA055Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Danville, VAThe accident occurred during an instructional x-country flt from chesapeake, VA. To south boston, VA. To ashland, VA. With a return to chesapeake. Prior to departure, the student plt performed the acft preflt and informed the CFI that the acft was topped off.…Aug 17, 1987 · N11872 · Substantial damageNTSB NYC87DNC12Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportCessna 150L · Heartwellville, VTThe pilot of the Cessna 150 was on a solo flight to practice several maneuvers including stalls. At about 4000 ft MSL, then aircraft was climbing with power on when it stalled and went into a spin. The pilot managed to get the nose up just prior to impact…Aug 14, 1987 · N19363 · DestroyedNTSB FTW87LA181Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Rockwall, TXAs the acft touched down, the rgt main wheel contacted a rut in a soft area of the rwy & the acft veered to the rgt. To avoid hitting parked acft on the west side of the rwy, the plt added full power & left rudder & aileron. He stated that as the acft left…Jul 26, 1987 · N7930G · Substantial damageNTSB MKC87LA126Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Antioch, NEThe rwy was 1900 feet long with 5500 ft density altitude. With pilot and passenger and 30 degrees of flaps and calm wind, airplane lifted off, cleared fence and road. Pilot said he lowered the nose and raised flaps to 20 degrees but may have retracted them…Jun 21, 1987 · N1363Q · Substantial damageNTSB MKC87LA117Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · East Lynne, MOThe PIC had been practicing t&g lndgs for the previous hour or so and decided to stop briefly to wait out rain showers in the area. After waiting the PIC fueled the acft with 10 gal of avn fuel and taxied to the active rwy to return to his originating arpt.…Jun 20, 1987 · N17297 · Substantial damageNTSB SEA87FA112Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · The Dalles, ORThe student plt's instructor became seriously ill after the first leg of a dual, cross country flight. Another instructor/pilot examiner signed off on the student pilot's logbook to return solo to the departure airport. The instructor/pilot examiner failed to…Jun 9, 1987 · N6528G · Substantial damageNTSB LAX87LA227Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Huelo, HIDuring a local pleasure sightseeing flight, the engine lost power and eventually quit. The plt initiated an emergency landing in a pineapple field where the acft collided with the terrain and nosed over. The acft was found to have aprx half a gallon of fuel…Jun 6, 1987 · N10566 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX87LA218Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · San Jose, CAWhile on final apch to land on rwy 31R at night, the acft flew too low, struck trees, then collided with the terrain. The plt was taken to a hospital with serious injuries & a blood sample was drawn at 0205 PDT. A check of his blood showed an alcohol level of…May 27, 1987 · N6669G · Substantial damageNTSB MKC87LA108Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Harrison, ARThe pilot said he was landing into the wind and when he was 20 feet above the runway, the wind seemed to shift to a tail wind. The airplane stalled, hit the runway hard and bounced. The pilot said he pushed the control wheel forward and the nose wheel hit the…May 25, 1987 · N1418Q · Substantial damageNTSB SEA87LA083Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Twin Falls, IDDuring descent from cruise for landing the engine momentarily ran rough and then quit. The pilot attempted to land onto a road but struck a telephone pole in flight. The aircraft then descended onto the ground nose first. No reason for the engine failure…Apr 22, 1987 · N21922 · DestroyedNTSB SEA87LA081Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Alderwood, WAThe student pilot took off and landed with a 15 knot tailwind. During his second attempt to land an overun occurred. The aircraft departed the runway to the left onto soft ground where it nosed over inverted. This was the student pilots second solo flight.…Apr 15, 1987 · N5437Q · Substantial damageNTSB SEA87LA065Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · Las Vegas, NVDuring landing a gust of wind occurred from the right. The student pilot was not able to correct for the wind and lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft veered to the left of the runway onto rough terrain and then nosed over inverted.Mar 18, 1987 · N457AF · Substantial damageNTSB LAX87LA110Accident · 2 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Ayase, JapanDuring an instructional flight, just after take-off the instructor was heard to transmit over the radio 'request emergency landing.' At an altitude of approximately 15O feet AGL the aircraft was observed to pitch up then nosed down in a shallow left turn. The…Feb 7, 1987 · N6797G · Substantial damageNTSB NYC87LA059Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150 · Montgomery, NYDuring an instructional flight to orange county airport, a simulated engine out was performed while on approach for landing. Directional control was lost and the flight landed west of runway 3 in snow causing substantial damage.Jan 16, 1987 · N6717G · Substantial damageNTSB MIA87LA072Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Bunnell, FLThe plt stated that he was forced to land in a field due to a drop in eng RPM, & the inability to maintain alt. On touchdown, the acft collided with trees, after which the nose gear collapsed, the acft nosed over, & came to rest inverted. Investigation…Jan 13, 1987 · N10732 · Substantial damageNTSB BFO87LA014Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 150L · Ellicott City, MDApproximately 30 minutes after the pilot departed hayes field, columbia, Maryland, the pilot elected to return to the field. After entering downwind the engine ceased to continue producing power and the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing. During…Jan 13, 1987 · N18140 · Substantial damage