- Date
- June 3, 1989, 15:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Ansonia, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63452Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890603014229A
- Case key
- 14363
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Probable cause
Flight into known adverse weather by the student pilot, and his inadvertent descent into the terrain. The adverse weather condition was a related factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot initiated a solo cross country flight after having been warned of severe weather & an incoming storm. He encountered a strong wind, while landing at the 2nd stop, tied the acft down after landing until the wind subsided, then took off on the return flt. He said that on the last leg of the flt, the sky suddenly turned dark & he encountered rain that was 'so hard' he couldn't see out of the windshield. He tried to turn around & maintain a constant alt & airspeed, but the acft was being pitched uncontrollably. Subsequently, the acft crashed in a field. The student received only minor injuries, though the acft was extensively damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63452
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077325
- Airframe hours
- 4,850
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Anthony R. Henson
- Registered owner
- Lemar Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1989 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- I17 · Piqua, OH
- Destination
- Phillipsburg, OH
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 56 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N63452 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.