# Incident 20000206002469I: Cessna 150L, Dundee, NY, February 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2000, 12:15 local time
- Place: Dundee, NY
- Airport: Dundee Flying Club Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5236° N, 76.9774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dundee, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5236&lon=-76.9774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1277Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1277Q-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000206002469I

## Narrative

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

ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2000, AT 1215 EST, A CESSNA 150L, N1277Q, OPERATED BY MR. SAMUEL DIXION, A STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLIGHT CAME TO AN UNSCHEDULE STOP, AFTER LANDING ON DUNDEE AIRPOT'S SOD RUNWAY 19 WITH A WESTERLY CROSS WIND. THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A SNOW BANK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19.  THE IMPACT MADE THE AIRCARFT TURN A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DEGREES FRON THE DIRECTION IT WAS TRAVELING.  THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON IMPACTING THE SNOW BANK AND THE RIGHT WING TIP WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT CONTACTED THE SNOW.  THE NOSE WHEEL FOLDED TO THE LEFT AND UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY SOLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL AND ENGINE MOUNT.  THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BEND.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY BEFORE THE INVESTIGATOR WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT AND PLACED IN AN AIRCRAFT HANGER AT DUNDEE AIRPORT FOR FUTURE REPAIRS.  THE INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1277Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19861010067549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861010067549I), Oct 10, 1986: Cessna 150L (N1277Q), Cortland, NY, Minor damage. Pilot pulled mixture instead of carburetor heat on final. Landed short of the runway.
- [Accident 19821029055889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821029055889A), Oct 29, 1982: Cessna 150L (N1277Q), Watertown, NY, Substantial damage. Overshot approach to land. Over rotated on attempt to go around. Aircraft settled into trees.

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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