- Date
- July 30, 1997, 15:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean City, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63056Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1999
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19970730020169A
- Case key
- 28218
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for the crosswind, and failure to maintain control of the airplane. A related factor was the crosswind.
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 landed on runway 6. After touchdown, the airplane veered to the left, and went into a field. A witness said the airplane bounced once upon touchdown, and then veered to the left. The witness also stated that the wind was from about 100 degrees at 12 knots. The pilot reported there was no mechanical malfunction with the airplane or the engine.
Factual narrative
On July 30, 1997, at 1510 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N63056, was substantially damaged when it veered off the runway during the landing roll at the Ocean City Municipal Airport (26N), Ocean City, New Jersey. The certificated recreational pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the instructional flight that originated at the Ocean City Municipal Airport (N80), Ocean City, Maryland. A visual flight rules flight plan had been filed for the flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, he was performing a long cross country flight. His original depart point was York, Pennsylvania, and he made a successful landing at his first destination, N80. At his second destination, N26, the airplane veered to the left during the landing roll on runway 6, and exited the runway into a field.
The pilot said, "...I began my flare and the main gear touched. At that point my plane veered to the left and it went into a field... ." A witness said that the airplane bounced once upon touchdown and then veered to the left. The witness stated that the crosswind at the time of the accident was about 100 degrees at 12 knots.
The pilot reported over 83 hours of total flight experience, and that there was no mechanical malfunction with the airplane or the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63056
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077069
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- York Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- THV · York, PA
- Destination
- 26N · NJ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 26N · Ocean City Muni, runway 6, 2,977 × 59 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
- 36
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 83 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY, 14 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.