- Date
- October 11, 1992, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Romeo, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66355Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921011045289A
- Case key
- 15605
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot in command and failure to attain directional control of the airplane during landing flare and touchdown.
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 pilot of the accident airplane was practicing crosswind touch and go landings. The pilot stated he had difficulty maintaining runway alignment as he crossed the runway threshold during the fifth touch and go. During the landing flare the airplane ballooned several times and touched down to the right of the runway centerline. The airplane went off the right side of the runway and collided with a runway light. It changed direction and crossed the runway again where it collided with a ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66355
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075992
- Airframe hours
- 4,842
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Romeo Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Romeo Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 23, 1992 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- D98
- Airport
- D98 · Romeo, runway 18, 4,260 × 50 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 60 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTC, 15 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.