19991021034359I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Cambridge, OH · October 21, 1999

Date
October 21, 1999 · 13:00 local
Place
Cambridge, OH
Airport
Cambridge Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N66412
Reported as
Cessna 150M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
45 total45 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot was on a student cross country from phd to vta, CDI, round robin to phd with full stop cross country landings at all 3 airports. Upon arriving at CDI, he received airport advisory. Given rwy 22 for landing, winds were reported variable at 220 degrees to 300 degrees at 7-10 knots. Pilot entered on left downwind, made base and final approach at 60-65 m.p.h. with 30 degrees flaps. Pilot stated he touched down and aircraft bounced back into the air. The right wing lifted into the air, the aircraft suddenly veered to the left and left the runway into the grass. Pilot used right rudder in an attempt to go back onto the runway but was unable to regain control. Aircraft siidded sidewise in the grass about 300 feet, then slid into a ditch that was almost waist high in water. Ditch is approximately 12 to 15 feet below runway height and the aircraft wound up nose first in the ditch.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A STUDENT CROSS COUNTRY FROM PHD TO VTA, CDI, ROUND ROBIN TO PHD WITH FULL STOP CROSS COUNTRY LANDINGS AT ALL 3 AIRPORTS. UPON ARRIVING AT CDI, HE RECEIVED AIRPORT ADVISORY. GIVEN RWY 22 FOR LANDING, WINDS WERE REPORTED VARIABLE AT 220 DEGREES TO 300 DEGREES AT 7-10 KNOTS. PILOT ENTERED ON LEFT DOWNWIND, MADE BASE AND FINAL APPROACH AT 60-65 M.P.H. WITH 30 DEGREES FLAPS. PILOT STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN AND AIRCRAFT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE RIGHT WING LIFTED INTO THE AIR, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE LEFT AND LEFT THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. PILOT USED RIGHT RUDDER IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY BUT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL. AIRCRAFT SIIDDED SIDEWISE IN THE GRASS ABOUT 300 FEET, THEN SLID INTO A DITCH THAT WAS ALMOST WAIST HIGH IN WATER. DITCH IS APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 15 FEET BELOW RUNWAY HEIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT WOUND UP NOSE FIRST IN THE DITCH.