- Date
- February 23, 1992, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Peru, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6785GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920223004059A
- Case key
- 15402
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Probable cause
The students pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the type of operation.
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
A solo student pilot practiced landings in 15-knot winds from 60 degrees right of runway heading. On a fourth landing, the right wing lifted during rollout. The pilot applied a correction and the left roll increased. The pilot applied power to take off and turned with the wind. The airplane struck the ground nose low, left of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6785G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072285
- Airframe hours
- 4,850
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Illinois Valley Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Illinois Valley Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 26, 1991 · 66 hours before
- Airport
- VYS · Illinois Valley, runway 36, 4,000 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 5 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 40 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.