# NTSB BFO88LA033: Cessna 150M, N63632, Chesterfield, VA, April 3, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 3, 1988, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Chesterfield, VA
- Coordinates: 37.390598, -77.589843 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3906&lon=-77.5898&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11403
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO88LA033
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11403/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA033

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT DURING LANDING ROLL. THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AND CONTACTED A DITCH. THE LANDING WAS BEING MADE ON RWY 15. WINDS WERE FROM 190 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63632](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63632), registered now, S/N 15077442, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077442
- Airframe hours: 3752
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Prestige Air Charter
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, January 3, 1988, 15 hours before
- Departed: RIC, RICHMOND, VA
- Airport: W98, Chesterfield Co., runway 15, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 28 total, 27 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19880403026299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880403026299A), Apr 3, 1988: Cessna 150M, Chesterfield, VA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control trying to correct a swerve on the landing roll. Ran off into a ditch on side of the runway

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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