- Date
- July 4, 1982, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Laconia, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63221Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820704030309A
- Case key
- 71302
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Lack of total experience
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - downhillFactor
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
When the student pilot was landing, the aircraft veered left after touchdown. It continued down an embankment, ran into a swamp, and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63221
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077187
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis Reed
- Registered owner
- Dennis Reed
- Departed
- LCI · Laconia, NH
- Destination
- LCI · Laconia, NH
- Airport
- LCI · Laconia, runway 26, 5,000 × 150 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 10 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.