- Date
- January 25, 1987, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Delaware, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7992UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870125001089A
- Case key
- 7373
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Analysis
The student plt reported that he lost control of the acft while landing on rwy 28 in croswind conditions, after a solo x-c flt. The acft landed hard, veered off the rwy, and nosed over. According to the plt, the wind was from 360 at 10 KTS, gusting to 20 KTS. The student plt cited pilot error as the cause of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7992U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077877
- Airframe hours
- 2,116
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flyers Service Corp.
- Registered owner
- Lloyd R. Rider
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 2, 1986 · 79 hours before
- Departed
- OVO · North Vernon, IN
- Airport
- DLZ · Delaware Municipal, runway 28, 4,100 × 75 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 42 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 20 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.