- Date
- March 25, 1990, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66258Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900325005309A
- Case key
- 14650
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of pilot-in-command to adequately compensate for wind conditions which resulted in a loss of aircraft control. The unfavorable wind conditions (windshear, crosswind & turbulence) were related factors.
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 plt made an apch to land on rwy 21 with winds from the wnw at about 10 KTS. He stated a x-wind was blowing over a lake & some trees on the west side of the rwy. During the flare, the acft enctrd turbulence & the plt lost control of the plane. Subsequently, it 'spun and cartwheeled off' the rwy, then came to rest about 250 ft from the left edge of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66258
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075961
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rowe, Richard D.
- Registered owner
- Rowe, Richard D
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1989 · 175 hours before
- Departed
- 03C · Huntington, IN
- Airport
- I14 · Eagle Creek Airpark, runway 21, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 306 total · 300 in this make and model · 144 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 7 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.