- Date
- December 6, 1998, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- East Troy, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63563Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1999
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19981206044089A
- Case key
- 45412
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Probable cause
the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Factors associated with the accident were the crosswind, and the ditch.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot lost directional control of the airplane while practicing touch and go landings. The airplane traveled off the right side of the runway where it contacted a ditch and nosed over. The student reported that local winds were from 330 degrees at 5 knots gusting to 12 knots.
Factual narrative
On December 6, 1998, at 1030 central standard time, a Cessna 150, N63563, operated by a student pilot collided with the terrain following a loss of directional control while landing on runway 26 (3,900' x 75') at the East Troy Municipal Airport, East Troy, Wisconsin. The pilot was not injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The 14 CFR Part 91 solo instructional flight was being operated in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The local flight originated at East Troy at 1000 cst.
The pilot reported that she was practicing touch and go landings when the accident occurred. She reported that after touching down, she added power to takeoff when the "...wind caught the wing and pushed me sideways... ." The airplane traveled off the right side of the runway into the grass where it contacted a ditch and nosed over. The student pilot had a total of 17.9 hours of flight time. The student reported that local winds were from 330 degrees at 5 knots gusting to 12 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63563
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077397
- Airframe hours
- 6,649
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- A.J.K. Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 21, 1998 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- 57C
- Destination
- 57C
- Airport
- 57C · East Troy Municipal, runway 26, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 13 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 27 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.