# Accident 19980201003889A: Cessna 150M, Troy, MI, February 1, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1998, 12:15 local time
- Place: Troy, MI
- Airport: Troy/Oakland Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6056° N, 83.1499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Troy, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6056&lon=-83.1499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6327K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6327K-2022-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980201003889A

## Narrative

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

OVERCOMPENSATED FOR LEFT CROSSWIND LANDING. LOST CONTROL. LEFT RUNWAY INTO MUD AND NOSED OVER. (.4)THE STUDENT PILOT SAID THAT WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT OAKLAND-TROY AIRPORT, HE EXPERIENCED 'TURBULENCE AND CROSSWIND.'  AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO MUD, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO ANOMALY. ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST AT OAKLAND-PONTIAC MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE 1145 EST WIND WAS REPORTED TO BE FROM 200 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS.           (-23)AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 27 (WITH A CROSS-WIND FROM THE LEFT) LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, STUCK INTO THE MUD AND NOSE OVER (SPEED @ LANDING APPROXIMATELY 43 KNOTS).

## 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 CHI98LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA090), Feb 1, 1998: Cessna 150M (N6327K), Troy, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain direction control of the airplane. Factors relating to this accident were: the crosswind, and wet/soft terrain (mud) beside the runway.

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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