- Date
- April 25, 1983, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Middleton, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7648UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830425015699A
- Case key
- 12147
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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 acft landed on runway 23 and the wind was gusting to 20 KTS. A gust of wind drifted the acft away from the runway. The pilot applied full power & the acft became airborne traveling across a baseball field. The landing gear hit a backstop and the acft nosed down into the ground at a 40 degree angle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7648U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1507774
- Airframe hours
- 2,181
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wedekind Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 23, 1983 · 70 hours before
- Airport
- MWO · Hook Field, runway 23, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 247 total · 247 in this make and model · 247 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Observed at
- DAY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.