# NTSB CHI89FA069: Cessna 150M, N3892V, Kankakee, IL, April 6, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 6, 1989, 11:52 local (16:52 UTC)
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Location: 41.1017° N, 87.8637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kankakee, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1017&lon=-87.8637&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 10, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14249
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89FA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14249/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA069

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE ABOVE THE GROUND.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3892V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3892V-1991-05-29), registration cancelled 1991-05-29, S/N 15076648 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15076648
- Airframe hours: 2187
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rusk Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 17, 1989, 29 hours before
- Departed: IKK
- Destination: IKK
- Airport: IKK, Greater Kankakee

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,500 total, 75 in this make and model, 1,400 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GYY, 38 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 19890406006469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890406006469A), Apr 6, 1989: Cessna 150M, Kankakee, IL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Impacted ground near vertical angle with power off.

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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