# NTSB NYC87DNC12: Cessna 150L, N19363, Heartwellville, VT, August 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1987, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Heartwellville, VT
- Location: 42.8298° N, 72.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Heartwellville, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8298&lon=-72.9876&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30458
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87DNC12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30458/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DNC12

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 150 WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT TO PRACTICE SEVERAL MANEUVERS INCLUDING STALLS. AT ABOUT 4000 FT MSL, THEN AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING WITH POWER ON WHEN IT STALLED AND WENT INTO A SPIN. THE PILOT MANAGED TO GET THE NOSE UP JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE TREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19363](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19363-1990-07-27), registration cancelled 1990-07-27, S/N 15074365 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074365
- Airframe hours: 1220
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Esposito'S Flying Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 29, 1987, 16 hours before
- Departed: 2B6, NORTH ADAMS, MA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 9 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ALB, 35 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 19870814046059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870814046059A), Aug 14, 1987: Cessna 150L, Heartwellville, VT, Destroyed. During steep turn practice nose dropped. Pilot entered a spin and crashed into a densely wooded area.

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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