# NTSB CHI83LA009: Cessna 150M, N63627, Lawsing, IL, October 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1982, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Lawsing, IL
- Coordinates: 42.730136, -84.549545 (estimated)
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71394
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71394/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA009

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - run on landing - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - brakes(normal) - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ON LANDING ROLL THE STUDENT PILOT INADVERTENTLY ADDED POWER, RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63627](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63627-2011-07-15), registration cancelled 2011-07-15, S/N 15077440, 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: 15077440
- Airframe hours: 2725
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200H 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Aviation Mgmt. Corporation
- Registered owner: Walter Szeremeta
- Departed: 3HA, LAWSING, IL
- Destination: 3HA, LAWSING, IL
- Airport: 3HA, Lawsing Municipal, runway 9, 2,400 × 50 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 39 total, 39 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles

## 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 19821005051179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821005051179A), Oct 5, 1982: Cessna 150M, Lansing, IL, Substantial damage. Solo student bumped throttle open on landing rollout. Ran off runway 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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