- Date
- May 14, 1989, 12:20 local (16:20 UTC)
- Place
- Woodstock, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11789Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890514011339A
- Case key
- 36408
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot which resulted in not maintaining proper alignment with the runway. The crosswind and soft/wet terrain were contributing factors.
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.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that as he was landing, the acft ballooned & the wind blew it to the left. Subsequently, the acft touched down on soft, wet terrain on the left side of the rwy & nosed over. The plt rprtd the wind was gusting to 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11789
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075633
- Airframe hours
- 3,162
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Gilbert E. Perkins
- Registered owner
- Harry Macinstosh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1989 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- Danielson, CT
- Airport
- 01B · Woodstock, runway 19, 2,200 × 75 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
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N11789 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.