# NTSB NYC92FA174: Cessna 150M, N714DS, Union Township, OH, August 23, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1992, 21:15 local (Aug 23, 1992, 01:15 UTC)
- Place: Union Township, OH
- Coordinates: 39.949661, -84.320274 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9497&lon=-84.3203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37072
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC92FA174
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37072/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92FA174

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL.  FACTORS RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS NIGHT CONDITIONS, THE PILOT'S LACK OF NIGHT EXPERIENCE, AND THE PILOT BECOMING LOST AND DISORIENTED.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE WAS SEEN WITH THE LANDING LIGHT ON CIRCLING AND FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE OVER A CORN FIELD AND A TREE LINE ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE DESTINATION AIRPORT.  THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND THE COMPLETE AIRPLANE WAS CONFINED TO AREA OF 30 BY 30 FEET. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY OF THE TREES IN THE AREA BEING DAMAGED NOR WAS THERE A SWATH IN THE CORN FIELD.  THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE HOURS OF DARKNESS.  EXAMINATION OF THE PILOT'S LOG BOOK REVEALED THAT THE PILOT WAS ISSUES HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE IN 1966 AND HAD LOGGED A TOTAL OF 434 FLIGHT HOURS, 26 OF WHICH WERE NIGHT FLIGHT HOURS.  NO NIGHT FLIGHT HOURS WERE RECORDED IN THE 15 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N714DS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714DS-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 15079101, 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: 15079101
- Airframe hours: 6142
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Lemar Aircraft Inc.
- Registered owner: Lemar Aircraft Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 17, 1992, 10 hours before
- Airport: 317, Phillipsburg, runway 3, 2,750 × 34 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 434 total, 130 in this make and model, 307 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 22 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F

## 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 19920822032609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920822032609A), Aug 22, 1992: Cessna 150M, Phillipsburg, OH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Observed circling low over a woods. Wreckage indicates near vertical impact from a stalled condition.

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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