- Date
- November 11, 1994, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Zeeland, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3875VCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941111040279A
- Case key
- 9800
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Probable cause
the pilot's loss of directional control during touch and go landings. Factors were the crosswind and the pilot's lack of total experience.
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 solo student pilot was practicing touch and go landings with a right crosswind when the accident occurred. As the pilot increased power for takeoff, directional control was lost and the airplane departed the runway. The nosewheel struck a dirt bank, collapsed, and the airplane came to rest inverted.
Factual narrative
On November 11, 1994, at 1130 central standard time (CST), a Cessna 150, N3875V, operated as a rental airplane by Crosswind Aviation, Incorporated of Grandville, Michigan, departed the edge of runway 02 (3,800' x 60') at Ottowa County Airport in Zeeland, Michigan, and received substantial damage. The pilot was uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed. The flight operated under 14 CFR Part 91, and had originated from Ottowa County Airport as a local student solo training flight at 1020 CST.
The student pilot was performing touch and go landings with a right crosswind, and was in the process of turning off carburetor heat, retracting wing flaps and increasing engine power. When power was added, the airplane veered left, departed the runway, struck a dirt bank, and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3875V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076643
- Airframe hours
- 4,617
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Crosswind Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 3, 1994 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- Z98 · Ottawa Executive Airport, runway 2, 3,800 × 60 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 38 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 7 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 60 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.