# Incident 20190227011119I: Cessna 150, Berrien Springs, MI, February 27, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2019, 11:15 local time
- Place: Berrien Springs, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: LW5S
- Location: 41.9473° N, 86.3402° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Berrien Springs, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9473&lon=-86.3402&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5515E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5515E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 374 total, 28 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190227011119I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 27, 2019 AT 1115 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CE-150 AIRCRAFT, N5515E, REGISTERED TO ANDREWS UNIVERSITY AND OPERATED BY A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL STUDENT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY 13 UPON LANDING AND CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE IN A FIELD NEAR BERRIEN SPRINGS AIRPORT, (C20) BERRIEN SPRINGS, MI.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM C20.

ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR, THE STUDENT WAS PRACTICING A THREE POINT LANDING ON RUNWAY 13.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT, LEFT RUDDER WAS APPLIED BY THE STUDENT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN OFF THE RUNWAY INTO A FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE.

WEATHER REPORT AT KSBN AIRPORT AT 1554Z WAS: WIND VRB AT 3KNTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CLOUDS, FEW 4100, OVERCAST 6000, TEMP 3 DEW POINT -8 AND ALTIMETER 30.08.

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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