# NTSB ATL86LA112: Cessna 150, N714DC, Orangeburg, SC, April 13, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 13, 1986, 13:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place: Orangeburg, SC
- Location: 33.4569° N, 80.8594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGEBURG MUNI (OGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4569&lon=-80.8594&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): 7089
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7089/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA112

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714DC-2013-03-25), registration cancelled 2013-03-25, S/N 15079088 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 79088
- Airframe hours: 4507
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860413011569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860413011569A), Apr 13, 1986: Cessna 150M, Orangeburg, SC, Substantial damage. Lost control on landing and veered off the runway side into a ditch.

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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