# NTSB NYC86LA115: Cessna 150, N3235V, Woodstock, CT, April 28, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 28, 1986, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Woodstock, CT
- Location: 41.7894° N, 72.7992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHASE (CT04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7894&lon=-72.7992&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30328
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA115
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30328/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA115

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - touch-and-go - attempted, pilot in command
- Nose down, takeoff
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT IN A CESSNA 150 WAS MAKING A TOUCH AND GO. HE RAISED THE FLAPS AND THEN ADDED POWER. HE LOOKED OVER TO SEE IF THE FLAPS WERE RETRACTING AND WHEN HE LOOKED STRAIGHT AHEAD THE LEFT WHEEL WAS OFF THE RUNWAY IN SOFT TERRAIN. HE REDUCED POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED FURTHER LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY RECEIVING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE CROSSWIND WAS FROM THE RIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3235V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3235V-2006-06-12), registration cancelled 2006-06-12, S/N 15076433, built 1974 (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: 15076433
- Airframe hours: 3072
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Woodstock Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 11, 1985, 92 hours before
- Airport: CT04, George Campert Memorial, runway 35, 1,700 × 60 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 39 total, 28 in this make and model, 8 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

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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