- Date
- June 21, 1992, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Three Rivers, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22120Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920621021319A
- Case key
- 15476
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's selection of a rough and uneven terrain. A factor related to the accident was the pilot-in-command's poor inflight decision making.
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
During a climb to cruise flight, the left door opened. The pilot closed the door, however a few seconds later there was a loud bang and both doors opened. The pilot was able to close both doors, however a banging sound continued. The pilot reported checking the passenger's seat belt which he found inside. Not knowing what was causing the noise, the pilot elected to make a precautionary landing. He chose as a landing site, a rough/uneven plowed field. On rollout the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22120
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068073
- Airframe hours
- 7,009
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Conrad, John, doing business as Conrad Aero
- Registered owner
- Ruszkowski, Edward A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 6, 1992 · 95 hours before
- Destination
- IRS · Sturgis, MI
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 117 total · 77 in this make and model · 74 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 32 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.
Other investigations on N22120 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.