# NTSB NYC87LA103: Cessna 150M, N714CD, Poestenkill, NY, March 8, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1987, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Poestenkill, NY
- Coordinates: 42.690483, -73.560379 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6905&lon=-73.5604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30616
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA103
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30616/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA103

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snow covered

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN HIGH AND FAST, BOUNCED ON THE CENTERLINE AND VEERED LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE ON THE SECOND BOUNCE. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND AILERON BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND INTO SNOW WHERE IT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N714CD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N714CD), registered now, S/N 15079066, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- 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: 15079066
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Rensselaer Co. Airport
- Registered owner: Rensselaer Co. Airport Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 17, 1987
- Airport: 5B7, Rensselaer, runway 36, 2,800 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 88 total, 2 in this make and model, 22 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19870308079049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870308079049A), Mar 8, 1987: Cessna 150M, Troy, NY, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Came down not aligned with the runway and ran off into a snowbank then 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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