# NTSB NYC93LA046: Cessna 150L, N6524G, Weedsport, NY, December 19, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 19, 1992, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Weedsport, NY
- Coordinates: 43.040092, -76.560409 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0401&lon=-76.5604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 14, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37281
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC93LA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37281/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA046

## Probable cause

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DID NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE AFTER LANDING ROLL.  FACTORS IN THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE STRONG CROSS WINDS AND THE ICE PATCHED RUNWAY.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR LANDED ON A SOD RUNWAY WITH ICE PATCHES AND A CROSS WIND OF 18 TO 24 KNOTS.  DURING THE LANDING ROLL, AS THE AIRPLANE DECELERATED, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST.  THE AIRPLANE SLID OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THROUGH A SNOW BANK, DOWN A DITCH AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6524G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6524G), registered now, S/N 15072024 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15072024
- Airframe hours: 3348
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Avia North Inc.
- Registered owner: Yuergen H. Huellrich
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 14, 1992, 63 hours before
- Departed: N00, OSWEGO COUNTY, NY
- Destination: B16, WEEDSPORT, NY
- Airport: B16, Whitefords, runway 28, 2,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 2,300 total, 300 in this make and model, 2,040 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 18 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SYR, 20 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 19921219057089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921219057089A), Dec 19, 1992: Cessna 150L, Weedsport, NY, Substantial damage. (.4) The flight instructor landed on a sod runway with ice patches and a cross wind of 18 to 24 knots. During the landing roll, as the airplane decelerated,…

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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