# NTSB CHI85LA133: Cessna 150L, N36TD, Lebanon, IN, March 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 2, 1985, 08:33 local (13:33 UTC)
- Place: Lebanon, IN
- Location: 40.0364° N, 86.4611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lebanon, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0364&lon=-86.4611&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13023
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13023/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA133

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (cause)

## Analysis

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A MUDDY FLD DUE TO A LOW FUEL STATE AND IFR CONDITIONS. THE ACFT NOSED OVER UPON TOUCHDOWN. THERE WAS NO RECORD FOUND OF THE PLT HAVING RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N36TD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36TD), registered now, S/N 15073090, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 73090
- Airframe hours: 2350
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard D. Toth
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: RID, RICHMOND, IN
- Destination: 2IN2, INDIANAPOLIS, IN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 209 total, 209 in this make and model, 155 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: IND, 19 nm away

## 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 19850302005069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850302005069A), Mar 2, 1985: Cessna 150L, Lebanon, IN, Substantial damage. VFR pilot was being vectored to airport in IFR conditions. Ran out of fuel. Landed in a field and flipped over.

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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