- Date
- April 13, 1986, 13:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Orangeburg, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714DCCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860413011569A
- Case key
- 7089
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - ditch
Analysis
During landing the student pilot lost directional control of the aircraft in a crosswind and ran off the side of the runway and into a drainage ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714DC
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 79088
- Airframe hours
- 4,507
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Orangeburg Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 19, 1986
- Departed
- OGB · Orangeburg, SC
- Airport
- OGB · Orangeburg, runway 4, 4,500 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °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.