# NTSB CHI84LA198: Cessna 150, N64676, Sardinia, OH, May 18, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 18, 1984, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Sardinia, OH
- Location: 39.0071° N, 83.8021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sardinia, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0071&lon=-83.8021&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12616
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA198
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12616/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA198

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - , pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wind information - not obtained, pilot in command
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s) (contributing 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071967
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 37; 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

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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