# Accident 19990615007099A: Cessna 150M, Bellingham, WA, June 15, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 1999, 12:50 local time
- Place: Bellingham, WA
- Airport: Bellingham International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GJTA
- Location: 48.7900° N, 122.4100° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7900&lon=-122.4100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9349U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9349U-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 899 total, 316 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990615007099A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.4)THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH AND APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, WITH THE STUDENT PILOT AT THE CONTROLS, A GUST OF WIND PUSHED THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY EDGE.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND, WHEN ANOTHER GUST OF WIND HIT THE AIRPLANE. THE RIGHT WING TIPPED UP AND THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND.  THE RIGHT WING THEN DIPPED DOWN AND ALSO CONTACTED THE GROUND.  THE AIRPLANE THEN NOSED DOWN AND CAME TO REST NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT LATER HE REMEMBERED THAT WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE WIND SOCK ON THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY WAS INDICATING THE WIND FROM 170 DEGREES TO 190 DEGREES, WITH A WIND VELOCITY OF 18 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS.  THE WIND SOCK ON THE APPROACH END HOWEVER, WAS LIMP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA99LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA086), Jun 15, 1999: Cessna 150M (N9349U), Bellingham, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Compensation for wind conditions was inadequate. Gusting wind conditions was a factor.

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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