- Date
- December 1, 1992, 10:47 local (16:47 UTC)
- Place
- Newton, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63294Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921201054349A
- Case key
- 15632
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper use of rudder control and subsequent failure to maintain directional control.
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 practicing a soft field landing when the accident occurred. He stated that while keeping the nose off the ground the airplane drifted to the left of the runway. He also stated that it was possible that he applied left rudder as he was concentrating on keeping the nose off the ground. The student then applied right rudder but stated this had little effect on stopping the drift. The airplane contacted a snowbank alongside the runway and nosed down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63294
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077234
- Airframe hours
- 10,336
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hesston College Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hesston College Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 22, 1992 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- EWK
- Destination
- EWK
- Airport
- EWK · Newton City-County, runway 35, 7,002 × 100 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 20 in this make and model · 21 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 14 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.