# Accident 19890514011339A: Cessna 150L, Kingston, NY, May 14, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1989, 12:20 local time
- Place: Kingston, NY
- Airport: Kingston-Ulster Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9853° N, 73.9643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KINGSTON-ULSTER (20N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9853&lon=-73.9643&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11789, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11789-1989-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890514011339A

## Narrative

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

BALLOONED ON LANDING IN CROSSWIND, LEFT THE RUNWAY AND OVERTURNED.

## 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 NYC89LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA132), May 14, 1989: Cessna 150 (N11789), Woodstock, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS BY THE PILOT WHICH RESULTED IN NOT MAINTAINING PROPER ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE CROSSWIND AND SOFT/WET TERRAIN WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.

## Other reports on N11789 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770227008809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770227008809A), Feb 27, 1977: Cessna 150L (N11789), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Plt taxied a/c on service road instead of taxiway.

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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