# Accident 19890406006469A: Cessna 150M, Kankakee, IL, April 6, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1989, 11:52 local time
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Airport: Greater Kankakee
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0714° N, 87.8463° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREATER KANKAKEE (IKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0714&lon=-87.8463&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3892V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3892V-1991-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 75 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890406006469A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

IMPACTED GROUND NEAR VERTICAL ANGLE WITH POWER OFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA069), Apr 6, 1989: Cessna 150M (N3892V), Kankakee, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE ABOVE THE GROUND.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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