# NTSB CHI92LA182: Cessna 150M, N7867U, Wichita, KS, June 17, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 17, 1992, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Coordinates: 37.769199, -97.210136 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7692&lon=-97.2101&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 29, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15474
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15474/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA182

## Probable cause

A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND REMEDIAL ACTION NOT PERFORMED BY THE PILOT.  FACTORS RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT WERE A SWERVE ENCOUNTERED BY THE PILOT AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF OVERALL 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 - roll/run
  - touch-and-go - attempted, pilot in command
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - encountered, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## Analysis

PRIOR TO LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE HAD APPLIED A LEFTHAND CROSSWIND CORRECTION TO THE AIRPLANE.  HE STATED HIS AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON ALL THREE WHEELS.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, A GUST OF WIND YAWED THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT DURING THE TRANSITION TO A TAKEOFF ROLL.  THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, CROSSING THE GRASS AREA NEXT TO THE RUNWAY AND A TAXIWAY WHICH WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE LANDING RUNWAY.  SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING THE TAXIWAY THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND BECAME INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7867U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7867U), registered now, S/N 15077851, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077851
- Airframe hours: 2566
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Sabris Corporation
- Registered owner: Sabris Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 15, 1992, 30 hours before
- Airport: 3KM, Col. James Jabara, runway 36, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: 3KM, 1 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 19920617020809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920617020809A), Jun 17, 1992: Cessna 150M, Wichita, KS, Substantial damage. Lost control on full power application on a touch and go. Weathervanned into crosswind. Ran off runway.

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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