# Accident 20070116000939A: Cessna 150A, Cottonwood, AZ, January 16, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2007, 15:20 local time
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport: Cottonwood Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7300° N, 112.0353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7300&lon=-112.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7218X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7218X-2018-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150A (registry code 2071804, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,239 total, 48 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070116000939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE COMMERCIAL PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WAS MAKING A LANDING TO RUNWAY 32 AT COTTONWOOD. THERE WAS A MODERATE LEFT 90 DEGREE CROSSWIND DURING THE LANDING. THE PILOT WAS MAKING A WHEEL LANDING AND WHEN THE TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN AN UNCONTROLLABLE RIGHT TURN AND VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO SOME TREES CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNHARMED. THIS PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## 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 SEA07LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA049), Jan 16, 2007: Cessna 150A (N7218X), Cottonwood, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for a gusty crosswind during the landing roll, which resulted in a loss of control and an on-ground encounter with a ditch. Factors associated with the accident are…

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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