# NTSB MIA88LA096: Cessna 150, N9260U, Titusville, FL, January 31, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 31, 1988, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Location: 28.5148° N, 80.7992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPACE COAST RGNL (TIX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5148&lon=-80.7992&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32130
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32130/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA096

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - loose gravel/sandy

## Analysis

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING WITH RIGHT QUARTERING WIND. THE ACFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE GEAR BOGGED DOWN IN SAND. THE NOSE GEAR THEN FAILED AFT AND THE ACFT CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE AND LEFT WING TIP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9260U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9260U), registered now, S/N 15078210, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- 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: 15078210
- Airframe hours: 3913
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: South Air Flight Center
- Registered owner: Joseph V. Fera
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 3, 1987, 29 hours before
- Departed: ISM, KISSIMMEE, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: TIX, Titusville, runway 9, 5,001 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 39 total, 39 in this make and model, 11 as pilot in command, 39 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TIX

## 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 19880131002359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880131002359A), Jan 31, 1988: Cessna 150M, Titusville, FL, Substantial damage. Veered off runway landing in a crosswind.

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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