# NTSB CHI90LA068: Cessna 150H, N50292, Sullivan, IN, January 19, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1990, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Sullivan, IN
- Coordinates: 39.089309, -87.399917 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0893&lon=-87.3999&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14621
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14621/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA068

## Probable cause

THE STUDENT PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR THE WIND GUST AND LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - aborted
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - aborted
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF WITH A STRONG CROSSWIND ELECTED TO ABORT. AS SHE RELAXED AILERON CORRECTION THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, ENTERED A NEIGHBORING CORN FIELD, AND NOSED OVER INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50292](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50292), registered now, S/N 15069201, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069201
- Airframe hours: 2241
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Grey Eagle Flight Training
- Registered owner: Whitehead Energies Corp
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, November 4, 1989, 90 hours before
- Departed: SIV
- Airport: SIV, Sullivan County, runway 18, 3,560 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 36 total, 30 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 10 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HUF, 21 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 19900119000839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900119000839A), Jan 19, 1990: Cessna 150H, Sullivan, IN, Substantial damage. Lost control on takeoff in gusty crosswind, cut power,veered off runway and overturned.

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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