# NTSB CHI83LA184: Cessna 150, N7648U, Middleton, OH, April 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 25, 1983, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: Middleton, OH
- Coordinates: 39.55912, -84.419158 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5591&lon=-84.4192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12147
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12147/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA184

## 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)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7648U-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N 15077774, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- 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: 1507774
- Airframe hours: 2181
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830425015699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830425015699A), Apr 25, 1983: Cessna 150M, Middletown, OH, Destroyed. Forced off the runway on crosswind landing. Got airborne on a go around but hit a ballfield back stop and crashed.

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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