# NTSB MIA88LA222: Cessna 150G, N3983J, Keystone Height, FL, July 16, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 16, 1988, 12:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Keystone Height, FL
- Location: 29.8447° N, 82.0475° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEYSTONE HEIGHTS (42J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8447&lon=-82.0475&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32212
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32212/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA222

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - grass
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLT DURING THE SEVENTH TOUCH & GO LANDING, THE ACFT BOUNCED & DRIFTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE PLT ADDED POWER & ROLLED THE ACFT INTO A RIGHT BANK TO CORRECT THIS BUT THE RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN. THE ACFT THEN NOSED OVER & CAME TO REST AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3983J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3983J), registered now, S/N 15065283, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15065283
- Airframe hours: 1286
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Keystone Aero Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, February 17, 1988, 88 hours before
- Airport: 42J, Keystone Airpark, runway 22, 5,025 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 204 total, 77 in this make and model, 123 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 15 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 19880716059509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880716059509A), Jul 16, 1988: Cessna 150G, Keystone Height, FL, Substantial damage. Drifted on crosswind landing, dragged a wing on ground. Came down on nose gear and aircraft flipped over.

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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