# Incident 19981209033189I: Cessna 150F, Fulton, NY, December 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1998
- Place: Fulton, NY
- Airport: Oswego County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3508° N, 76.3881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OSWEGO COUNTY (FZY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3508&lon=-76.3881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8224F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8224F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981209033189I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WHEN THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED A CROSS WIND ON LANDING. (-5) ON 12/09/98, A SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFFS AND LANDINGS IN CE-150F, N8224F, S/N 150-64324 ON RUNWAY 24 AT FULTON COUNTY AIRPORT, OSWEGO, NY (FZY). ON HIS LAST LANDING, HE WAS CAUGHT BY AN UNEXPECTED GUST AND MADE A HARD LANDING COLLAPSING THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT. WEATHER WAS VMC, WIND (1 HOUR PRIOR TO INCIDENT) 280/08, (1 HR AFTER THE INCIDENT) 290-310/10G18. THIS INSPECTOR INTERVIEWED MR. ZELLAR'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND DETERMINED THE FOLLOWING: THE INSTRUCTOR HAS A WELL ESTABLISHED RECORD AS A CFI. MR. ZELLAR'S TRAINING WAS PROPER AND THOROUGH. MR. ZELLAR'S HARD LANDING WAS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF MINIMAL EXPERIENCE AND ADVERSE WIND CONDITIONS. THIS INSPECTOR BELIEVES THAT THIS INCIDENT WAS AN ABERRATION AND NOT INDICATIVE OF ANY SHORTCOMING ON THE PART OF THE INSTRUCTOR OR TRAINING PROGRAM. NO FURTHER ACTION IS INDICATED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8224F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810517033409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810517033409I), May 17, 1981: Cessna 150F (N8224F), Fairbanks, AL, Minor damage. At liftoff, aircraft turned to the left shearing off the right axle bolts and then ground looped.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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