# Accident 20011012026949A: Cessna 150L, Boardman, OR, October 12, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2001, 15:10 local time
- Place: Boardman, OR
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7899° N, 119.8908° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7899&lon=-119.8908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18240, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18240-2015-05-20) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011012026949A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON OCTOBER 12, 2001, APPROXIMATELY 1510 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150L, N18240, REGISTERED TO AND BEING FLOWN BY AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A LOSS OF CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENT NOSE OVER WHILE TAXIING FROM LANDING AT THE SIMTAG FARMS AIRPORT (OR32), BOARDMAN, OREGON. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS WERE REPORTED AT HERMISTON, OREGON, 29 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHEAST. THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS PERSONAL, WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR 91, AND ORIGINATED FROM WALLA WALLA (S95), WASHINGTON, APPROXIMATELY 1430. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE LANDED AT OR32 INTO THE WIND, AND THAT HE MADE A 180-DEGREE TRUN AND BACK-TAXIED DOWN THE RUNWAY TOWARDS AN EXIT. AS HE WAS TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY A GUST OF WIND LIFTED ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT'S WINGS AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER DAMAGING THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. (-23) ACCORDING TO PIC, AFTER LANDING AT OR32, HE MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND BACK-TAXIED. AS HE MADE A RIGHT TURN TO PARKING, A VERY STRONG GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT AND SWUNG THE TAIL, CAUSING THE RIGHT WHEEL TO ROLL                        ONTO A SPILL CONTAINMENT BERM. THE WIND THEN GOT UNDER THE RIGHT WING AND RAISED IT. THE LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND; THEN THE PROPELLER, AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER ON ITS BACK. WX WAS 220 DEGREES AT 18 KTS; GUST TO 25 KT. DAMAGE TO VERTICAL STABILIZER AND FIREWALL.

## 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 SEA02LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA004), Oct 12, 2001: Cessna 150L (N18240), Boardman, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's inability to maintain control of the aircraft while taxiing from landing resulting in a nose over. Contributing factors were high winds, crosswind conditions during taxi, and…

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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