# NTSB MIA96LA160: Cessna 150L, N11532, Sanford, FL, June 19, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1996, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Coordinates: 28.809375, -81.329597 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8094&lon=-81.3296&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 4, 1996
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38033
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA96LA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38033/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA160

## Probable cause

failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing, which resulted in a ground swerve and subsequent nose over.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

The pilot was performing touch-and-go landings on runway 9R. During a landing, the airplane was observed on short final drifting to the north of the runway. The airplane touched down, departed the left side of the runway into the grass, and nosed over. No preimpact mechanical problem was reported. The wind was reported to be from 040 degrees at 5 knots.

## Factual narrative

On June 19, 1996, about 1330 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N11532, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91, local, training flight, crashed in the vicinity of Sanford, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the student pilot was not injured.

The pilot was performing touch-and-go landings on runway 9R. On the accident landing, the flight was observed on short final drifting to the north of the runway. The flight touched down, departed the left side of the runway into the grass, and nosed over.

The pilot's father, and her flight instructor, stated to the NTSB that he asked his daughter if she could have applied the brakes unevenly when she touched down.  She could not recall exactly what happened, but she told her dad "that it was possible."  The reported winds at the time of the accident were from 040 degrees at 5.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11532](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11532-2013-11-12), registration cancelled 2013-11-12, S/N 15075494, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075494
- Airframe hours: 4210
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Sun Jet Aviation
- Registered owner: Douglas Oridel
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1996, 600 hours before
- Departed: SFB
- Airport: SFB, Sanford, runway 9R, 3,700 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SFB

## 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 19960619014479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960619014479A), Jun 19, 1996: Cessna 150L, Sanford, FL, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing in light crosswind. Ran off runway into grass and nosed 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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