# NTSB Accident DFW08FA036
> **Cessna A150K** · 2007-11-23 · Mesquite, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DFW08FA036
- **Event ID:** 20071126X01838
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2007-11-23
- **Location:** Mesquite, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.760555, -96.534164
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** A150K
- **Registration:** N8301M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed to avoid a stall during takeoff-initial climb. Factors contributing to the accident are the instructor's decision to takeoff with excessive flaps, the improper maintenance replacement of the flap fuse, and the inability to raise the flaps due to a nonfunctional flap fuse.

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