- Date
- September 20, 1991, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Hudson, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91RCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910920042179A
- Case key
- 15188
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during landing roll in a crosswind.
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 was performing a solo cross-country flight and landed at an intermediate stop. While landing with a 12 knot crosswind, the student lost directional control, and the aircraft departed the runway and was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91R
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067793
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mack C. Goodwin
- Registered owner
- Mack C. Goodwin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 7D2 · Troy-Oakland, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Y47 · New Hudson, runway 25, 3,015 × 40 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Observed at
- PTK, 20 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.