# Accident 20070406008179A: Cessna 150K, Willow, AK, April 6, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Airport: Willow
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.4242° N, 150.0517° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.4242&lon=-150.0517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6363G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6363G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC07LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070406008179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS CONDUCTING THE SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO OF A STUDENT PILOT IN A CESSNA 150 WITH A TAILWHEEL CONVERSION AT THE WILLOW AIRPOPRT (UUO) ALASKA. HE STATED AFTER COMPLETING TWO (2) GOOD LANDINGS ON RUNWAY THREE ONE (31) WITH THE STUDENT PILOT, HE INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT PILOT TO DROP HIM OFF AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY. HE THEN INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO COMPLETE THREE SOLO TRAFFIC PATTERNS WITH NORMAL TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS AND THEN RETURN TO HIS LOCATION. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID AFTER THE STUDENT PILOT COMPLETED HIS THIRD LANDING DURING THE SUPERVISED SOLO, HE POWERED UP THE AIRCRAFT TO A HIGH SPEED TAXI ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE RUNWAY ONTO A TAXIWAY. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT A HIGH SPEED TAXI WHEN HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DEPARTING THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO CONTACT A LARGE SNOW PILE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SPUN AROUND AND NOSED OVER WITH THE RIGHT WING CONTACTING THE SNOW, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THEY REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO THE PALMER FLIGHT SERVICE STATION (FSS) BY PHONE. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT, PERSONNEL AT THE PALMER FSS INFORMED THEM IF THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING TAXI, IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED AN ACCIDENT.

## 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 ANC07LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07LA028), Apr 6, 2007: Cessna 150 (N6363G), Willow, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control while taxiing, which resulted in the airplane contacting a snow berm and nosing down. Factors associated with the accident were the snow…

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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