# Accident 20050319009499A: Cessna 150L, Mitchellville, MD, March 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: Mitchellville, MD
- Airport: Freeway Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9411° N, 76.7722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9411&lon=-76.7722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11965, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11965-2007-06-04) (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
- Reported engine: AMTR O200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 205 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050319009499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS IN A CESSNA 150 TAILWHEEL CONVERSION (MODIFIED) AIRCRAFT. THE ACTIVE WAS RUNWAY 36, RIGHT TURNS, THE WIND WAS FROM THE EAST 090 AT 10 GUSTING 15 KNOTS. THE PILOT WAS COMPLETING HIS EIGHTH LANDING, AS THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE THRESHOLD THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED 20 FEET IN THE FLARE, THE GUSTY CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT ELEVATED THE RIGHT WING CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE LEFT AND LANDED HARD ENOUGH THAT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AGAINST AN EMBANKMENT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT WING AND COWLING SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 NYC05CA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA062), Mar 19, 2005: Cessna 150L (N11965), Mitchellville, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor was the gusty wind conditions.

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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