# NTSB CHI88LA195: Cessna 150, N9211U, Napoleon, OH, August 8, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1988, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Napoleon, OH
- Coordinates: 41.389877, -84.120109 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3899&lon=-84.1201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14135
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14135/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA195

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A DITCH DURING AN ATTEMPTED SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF. THE STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT AND, AFTER STRIKING A RUNWAY LIGHT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, CONTINUED UNTIL HE COLLIDED WITH THE DITCH AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9211U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9211U), registered now, S/N 15078162, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078162
- Airframe hours: 3899
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Heyde Aviation
- Registered owner: Heyde Aviation Center Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 21, 1988, 31 hours before
- Airport: OH17, Henry County, runway 28, 4,500 × 65 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days, 16 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °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 19880808031509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880808031509A), Aug 8, 1988: Cessna 150J, Napoleon, OH, Substantial damage. Student lost control on practice soft field takeoff. Ran off runway into a ditch.

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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