Cessna 150 N2973S

Summary

On 28 August 1990 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N2973S, operated by Smiley, Charles, D., was involved in an accident near Reeds Spring, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 August 1990 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Reeds Spring, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Emerson (8M01)

Coordinates

36.7497, -93.3791

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N2973S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Smiley, Charles, D.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Springfield → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI90LA246

2 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, ON A 2200 FOOT SOD STRIP, IN A FULL FLAP CONFIGURATION, THE PILOT ELECTED TO ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND. HE REDUCED HIS FLAP SETTING BY 10 DEGREES, WHICH LEFT 30 DEGREES OF FLAP, BUT WAS UNABLE TO ESTABLISH A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB, AND STALLED. THE ACFT CAME TO REST IN SOME TREES, ABOUT 20 FEET AGL. AFTER THE PLT AND PAX EGRESSED, THE ACFT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. THE AIR TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME WAS NEAR 100 DEGREES AND THE LANDING WAS BEING ATTEMPTED IN ABOUT A 70 DEGREE, 10 KNOT CROSSWIND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.