# Accident 19981206044089A: Cessna 150M, East Troy, WI, December 6, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1998, 10:30 local time
- Place: East Troy, WI
- Airport: East Troy Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7791° N, 88.3899° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7791&lon=-88.3899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63563, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63563-2002-10-17) (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 flight hours: 18 total, 13 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981206044089A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON DECEMBER 6, 1998, AT 1000 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150, N63563, OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 (3,900' X 75') AT THE EAST TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, EAST TROY, WISCONSIN. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE 14 CFR PART 91 SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EAST TROY AT 0940 CST. (-23) ON 12/06/98 AT APPROX. 10:00 CST A CESSNA 152M N53563 OPERATED BY STUDENT PILOT SHEILA SUEFLOHM WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDING AT EAST TROY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER, VERTICAL STABILIZER, NOSE GEAR, AS WELL AS COWLING AND FIRE WALL.  THE PILOT DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES.  THIS REPORT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.                                                                                                                                        (.4)THE STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WHILE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE IT CONTACTED A DITCH AND NOSED OVER.  THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT LOCAL WINDS WERE FROM 330 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS GUSTING TO 12 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 CHI99LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA049), Dec 6, 1998: Cessna 150 (N63563), East Troy, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors associated with the accident were the crosswind, and the ditch.

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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