# NTSB CHI85LA331: Cessna 150K, N5783G, Romeo, MI, August 3, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 3, 1985, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Romeo, MI
- Coordinates: 42.849418, -83.039428 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8494&lon=-83.0394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13178
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA331
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13178/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA331

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER AFTER CONTACTING A DITCH DURING A LANDING ROLL. THE STUDENT PLT, ON HIS SECOND SOLO FLT, WAS PRACTICING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. HE STATED HE RUSHED ON FINAL APCH BECAUSE OTHER ACFT WERE LINED UP WAITING TO TAKEOFF. THE ACFT LANDED FAST AND HARD, VEERED LEFT OFF THE RWY, CONTACTED A DITCH AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5783G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5783G-2014-10-30), registration cancelled 2014-10-30, S/N 15071283, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071283
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aircraft Holdings, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: D98, Romeo, runway 18, 4,170 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 19 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19850803036179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850803036179A), Aug 3, 1985: Cessna 150K, Romeo, MI, Substantial damage. Rushed approach on 2nd solo flight. Aircraft landed hard, veered off side of runway, ran into a ditch, flipped over

## Other investigations on N5783G (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 CHI80FEC17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEC17), May 4, 1980: Cessna 150K (N5783G), Imlay City, MI, 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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