# NTSB CHI83LA274: Cessna 150, N714NN, Wadsworth, OH, June 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 21, 1983, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Wadsworth, OH
- Coordinates: 41.019165, -81.729934 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0192&lon=-81.7299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12226
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA274
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12226/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA274

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - initiated, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE CFI SAID THE STUDENT PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT FOR A GUST OF WIND. AFTER THE ACFT TURNED 30 0R 40 DEGREES THE CFI TOOK CONTROL. DURING THE GO-AROUND THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE ACFT CARTWHEELED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N714NN](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714NN-2014-04-01), registration cancelled 2014-04-01, S/N 15079305, built 1977 (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: 15079305
- Airframe hours: 2342
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ralph E. Boger
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 13, 1982, 58 hours before
- Departed: CAK, AKRON, OH
- Airport: 3G3, Wadsworth, runway 19, 3,525 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 1,151 total, 387 in this make and model, 971 as pilot in command, 67 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °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 19830621026199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830621026199A), Jun 21, 1983: Cessna 150M, Wadsworth, OH, Substantial damage. Student bounced on right wheel on landing. Aircraft veered off runway. CFI tried to go around. Wing tip hit ground.

## Other investigations on N714NN (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI78FEG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEG14), Jul 17, 1978: Cessna 150M (N714NN), Cleves, OH, substantial damage

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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