- Date
- May 18, 1984, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sardinia, OH
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N64676Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12616
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Factor
Wind information - not obtained
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Judgment - poorCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The acft collided with trees during the landing approach. Witnesses said the wind was gusty but no gusts were officiallyreported. No malfunctions of equipment were reported. Due to a head injury the student plt has no recall of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64676
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071967
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douglas Eaves
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 169 · Batavia, OH
- Airport
- Private, runway 27, 3,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 40 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LUK, 28 nm away