Cessna 150F N8067S

Summary

On 18 July 2002 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8067S was involved in an accident near Grants, New Mexico, 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.

Date

18 July 2002 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Grants, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Grants - Milan Municipal (GNT)

Coordinates

35.1522, -107.9242

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N8067S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grants → Moriarty

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN02LA079

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation, and his failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the high density altitude conditions, the terrain barrier (berm).

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he climbed approximately 350 feet and made one circle to climb to altitude. The airplane was having difficulty climbing. As he executed a shallow turn back toward the airport, the pilot had difficulty maintaining altitude. He was considering an off-field landing, but realized there was a soil berm in his flight path. The pilot "eased" the control column back to clear the berm, and the airplane stalled. The airplane then struck the ground, bending both wing tips up, and bending both the engine mount and firewall. The density altitude was calculated to be 9,322 feet. The service ceiling of the airplane was12,650 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.