# Accident 20011112036669A: Cessna 150M, Dyer, IN, November 12, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2001, 15:50 local time
- Place: Dyer, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4106° N, 87.5172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4106&lon=-87.5172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63262, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63262-2013-06-14) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011112036669A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON NOVEMBER 12, 2001, AT 1550 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N63262, OPERATED BY CHICAGO BUSINESS AIR CENTER, LANSING, ILLINOIS, WAS DESTROYED DURING AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR DYER, INDIANA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS NOT ON AN ACTIVE FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS DUAL STUDENT WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED THE LANSING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (IGQ), LANSING, ILLINOIS, AT 1538. A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT WAS DRIVING NORTH ON CALUMET ROAD, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CALUMET ROAD AND 113TH STREET, WHEN SHE WITNESSED AN AIRPLANE "LOW TO THE GROUND AND UPSIDE DOWN." THE WITNESS STATED THAT SHE TURNED TO TELL HER CHILD ABOUT THE AIRPLANE, AND WHEN SHE DIRECTED HER ATTENTION BACK TO THE AIRPLANE SHE ONLY SAW A CLOUD OF DIRT AND DUST RISING FROM THE CORNFIELD. AIRCRAFT RADAR TRACK DATA WAS OBTAINED FROM FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC). ACCORDING TO THE RADAR DATA, THE FIRST RADAR RETURN FOR THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS RECORDED AT 1538:40.94 [TIME FORMAT = HHMM:SS.SS]. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE IGQ TRAFFIC PATTERN TO THE SOUTH AND CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE THAT VARIED BETWEEN 2,600 AND 2,700 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL). AT 1547:18.05 THE AIRCRAFT INITIATED A LEFT TURN TOWARDS THE EAST FOLLOWED BY A RIGHT TURN BACK TO TOWARDS THE SOUTH AT 1547:59.52. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON A SOUTHERN COURSE, AT AN ALTITUDE BETWEEN 2,600 AND 2,700 FEET MSL, UNTIL 1549:50.39 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CHANGED TO A NORTHERN COURSE. THE LAST RADAR RETURN WAS RECORDED AT 1550:41.21 AT AN ALTITUDE OF 900 FEET MSL. (-23) ON 11/12/2001, AT APPROX. 1650 EST, A CESSNA 150M, N63262, IMPACTED THE GROUND, IN A HARVESTED CORNFIELD 8 MILES SSW OF GRIFFITH, INDIANA. OCCUPANTS WERE TIMOTHY DURANTE, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND EDWARD HUDSON, NON-CERTIFICATED STUDENT PILOT, BOTH EXPERIENCED FATAL INJURIES UPON IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THIS FLIGHT STARTED FROM LANSING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LANSING, ILLINOIS.

## 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 CHI02FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA025), Nov 12, 2001: Cessna 150M (N63262), Dyer, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the flight crew to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight, his impairment due to the use of…

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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