- Date
- May 11, 1985, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Andalusia, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3682VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850511016399A
- Case key
- 6793
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Lack of recent experienceFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Analysis
The student plt reported that during a landing roll, the acft veered to the right, went off the right side of the rwy & collide with a dirt bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3682V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076587
- Airframe hours
- 4,159
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Travis E. Truman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 4, 1984
- Airport
- 793 · Andulusia-Opp, runway 29, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
N3682VRegistration cancelled Jan 31, 2018 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 47 total · 35 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.