Aviation Crash Map

Cessna C-150J N61111

29 September 2004 · Oxford, Iowa, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 September 2004 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna C-150J registered N61111 was involved in an accident near Oxford, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 17:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Oxford, Iowa, United States
Coordinates
41.7550, -91.7278
Aircraft
Cessna C-150J
Registration
N61111
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Oxford → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI04CA286

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to attain a proper glidepath which resulted in exceeding the proper touchdown point. An additional cause was his failure to abort the landing. The embankment was a factor.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was damaged when it overran the runway, struck a road embankment, and nosed over. The student pilot stated that he was practicing landings and was performing a simulated emergency landing when the accident happened. He stated that when he was on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern he reduced the engine power to idle. He stated that he turned toward the runway, and applied 40 degrees of flaps. He stated that he touched down about 3/4 of the way down the runway and applied full braking action. He stated that the airplane became airborne again after cresting the uphill grade of the runway and then the airplane "quickly settled back down." He stated that he was about 75 feet from the end of the runway at this point and attempted to turn the airplane to the left to avoid hitting the roadway at the end of the runway. He stated that the airplane went straight ahead striking the road embankment and nosed over on it's top. The student pilot listed no failures relating to the airplane or systems.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other accidents in this area

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
9 Jul 2004 Cessna 340A
N60PP
Mason City, Iowa, United States - No injuries -
20 Dec 2004 Learjet 25B
N252BK
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States Goldstar International, Inc. No injuries -
11 Aug 2004 Allied Ag Cat Productions G-164B
N48424
Moville, Iowa, United States - Fatal 1
4 Dec 2004 Goiden Circle T-BIRD
UNREG
Ft. Dodge, Iowa, United States - Serious injuries -
3 Oct 2004 Piper PA-28-180
N7841N
Marion, Iowa, United States - Minor injuries -
16 Feb 2004 Piper PA-28-161
N2258M
Carroll, Iowa, United States Gerald L. Clausen. No injuries -

All 170,864 records in United States