# NTSB DEN85LQA05: Cessna 150M, N63258, Santa Fe, NM, August 30, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 30, 1985, 14:59 local (20:59 UTC)
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16772
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LQA05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16772/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LQA05

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING WHILE ON A SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT. THE PLT REPORTED THE FLT HAD BEEN DELAYED UNTIL MID-AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AT BY THAT TIME THE WINDS HAD PICKED UP. THE STUDENT PLT ALSO REPORTED HAVING LITTLE DUAL EXPERIENCE AND NO SOLO EXPERIENCE WITH X-WIND LANDINGS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63258](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63258), registered now, S/N 15077209, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077209
- Airframe hours: 3387
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Roger Bunch, doing business as Crescent Flying Club
- Registered owner: Thomas F. Wimberly
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, June 7, 1985, 132 hours before
- Departed: SKY, TAOS, NM
- Destination: SAF, SANTA FE, NM
- Airport: SAF, Santa Fe County Munic, runway 15, 6,304 × 6 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 22 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SAF, 5 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850830045869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850830045869A), Aug 30, 1985: Cessna 150M, Santa Fe, NM, Substantial damage. Solo student crashed during attempted go around after crosswind landing. Damage to propeller and nose gear.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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