# NTSB ATL87LA065: Cessna 150M, N7992U, Delaware, OH, January 25, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 25, 1987, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place: Delaware, OH
- Coordinates: 40.290733, -83.079772 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2907&lon=-83.0798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7373
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7373/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA065

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7992U-1989-11-15), registration cancelled 1989-11-15, S/N 15077877 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077877
- Airframe hours: 2116
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870125001089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870125001089A), Jan 25, 1987: Cessna 150M, Delaware, OH, Substantial damage. Yhe student landed long and hard which caused the aircraft to veer off the runway and flip over.

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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