# NTSB CHI88FA147: Cessna 150G, N2865S, Plymouth, OH, July 4, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1988, 20:00 local (Jul 4, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Plymouth, OH
- Location: 40.9970° N, 82.6674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9970&lon=-82.6674&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 16, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13949
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88FA147
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13949/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA147

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2865S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2865S-2013-02-21), registration cancelled 2013-02-21, S/N 15066765, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15066765
- Airframe hours: 2255
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert L. Reining
- Registered owner: Reining, Robert L
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 9, 1987, 27 hours before
- Departed: 12G, SHELBY, OH
- Destination: 12G

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; toxicology performed; flight hours: 91 total, 91 in this make and model, 50 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MFD, 11 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 19880703024729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880703024729A), Jul 3, 1988: Cessna 150G, Plymouth, OH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Stalled and impacted ground near relatives house. Was flying low and slow. Pilots daughter onboard injured.

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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