# NTSB ATL83LA088: Cessna 150, N150RF, Portsmouth, VA, January 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 17, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Portsmouth, VA
- Coordinates: 36.919322, -76.290443 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9193&lon=-76.2904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5997
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5997/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA088

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT LOST DIRECTIONAL DURING THE SECOND SOLO LANDING & RAN OFF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N150RF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15059115
- Airframe hours: 4183
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Civil Air Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 10, 1982, 11 hours before
- Airport: PVG, Hampton Roads, runway 28, 4,000 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORF, 15 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830117038859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830117038859A), Jan 17, 1983: Cessna 150A, Portsmouth, VA, Substantial damage. Student lost directional control on landing. Ran off the runway and struck a building.

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.

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