- Date
- February 21, 1983, 00:50 local (05:50 UTC)
- Place
- Three Oaks, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N704RXCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830221004649A
- Case key
- 12092
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The instructor (CFI) & his student had started flying at aprx 1900 EST. The purpose was to give the student aprx 3 hrs of night instruction. A refueling stop was made at south bend, IN. According to the student, the CFI stayed in the acft during the refueling. The student thought that the CFI was tired & was resting in the acft. Several landings were made at different arpts in the area. On the 2nd apch to the oselka arpt, the acft struck the roof of a barn while on final. It then impacted a ditch just short of the rwy & nosed over. Reportedly, the CFI had been working since 1000 EST that morning.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704RX
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078824
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David A. Paul
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1982
- Departed
- SBN · South Bend, IN
- Destination
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
- Airport
- 39C · Oselka, runway 26, 2,770 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,345 total · 250 in this make and model · 89 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 16 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.