# Accident 20050414010199A: Cessna 150F, Prescott, AZ, April 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2005, 20:10 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6544° N, 112.4197° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6544&lon=-112.4197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8324G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8324G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 452 total, 10 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050414010199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON CROSS-COUNTRY FROM CALIF. TO TENN. HE ENTERED PRESCOTT TRAFFIC AREA AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 21R USING RH TRAFFIC. PRIOR TO ENTERING DOWNWIND THE TOWER REQUESTED HE CHANGE TO LH TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 21L. HE PROCEEDED TO CROSS OVER THE TOP OF THE RUNWAY AND FOLLOWED OTHER TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 21L. HE FLEW NORMAL BASE AND FINAL. HE STATES THAT HE HAD A GOOD LANDING ON RWY 21L AND HE FIGURES THE TOUCH DOWN WAS AT AIRSPEED OF 65 KNOTS. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN FIRST & THEN NOSE GEAR. WHEN AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND NOSE GEAR CONTACTED GROUND HE APPLIED BRAKES AND THE NOSE WHEEL BEGAN VIBRATING. HE BRAKED HARDER AND NOSE SWERVED VIOLENTLY LEFT AND RIGHT. THEN THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED HARD TO THE LEFT. A/C DEPARTED RUNWAY OFF THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## 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 LAX05LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA138), Apr 15, 2005: Cessna 150F (N8324G), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control on landing.

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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