# NTSB ATL89LA041: Cessna 150M, N63212, Toledo, OH, November 18, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 17, 1988, 23:00 local (Nov 18, 1988, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Toledo, OH
- Coordinates: 41.680782, -83.53083 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6808&lon=-83.5308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7959
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL89LA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7959/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA041

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use, unknown (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, unknown (cause)
  - light condition - dark night

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND WRECKED ON AN AIRPORT TAXIWAY WHEN AIRPORT PERSONNEL REPORTED FOR DUTY IN THE MORNING. IT HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM THE BLUE HORIZON FLYING CLUB AT THE AIRPORT AND, ACCORDING TO THE HOBBS METER, HAD BEEN OPERATED FOR ABOUT 0.4 HOURS SINCE THE LAST READING RECORDED BY THE CLUB. THE PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION AND ACCIDENT HAD NOT BEEN FOUND AS OF MAY 17, 1989. THE FLAP SETTING, THE POSITION OF THE AIRPLANE ON THE AIRPORT AND THE HOBBS READING WOULD ALL SUGGEST THAT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING. INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63212](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63212-1994-12-14), registration cancelled 1994-12-14, S/N 15077179 (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: 15077179
- Airframe hours: 2573
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Blue Horizon Flying Club, Inc.
- Registered owner: Blue Horizon Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: TDZ
- Airport: TDZ, Toledo Metcalf, runway 32, 4,225 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TOL, 14 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 19881117051449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881117051449A), Nov 17, 1988: Cessna 150M, Toledo, OH, Destroyed. Stolen aircraft found crashed and nosed up near runway. Damage indicates a stall on final approach. Suspect located

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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