# Accident 20070518008309A: Cessna 150M, Spanish Fork, UT, May 18, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2007, 14:11 local time
- Place: Spanish Fork, UT
- Airport: Spanish Fork Springville Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1442° N, 111.6606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1442&lon=-111.6606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9397U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9397U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070518008309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) BALLOONED DURING LANDING FLARE AND UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ROCKING UNCONTROLLABLY. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 30, CROSSED AN UNPAVED MEDIAN, TAXIWAY, AND HIT A SMALL DITCH WHICH STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT. THE RIGHT WING WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED DURING THE STOP. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT A WIND GUST BLEW HIM OFF THE RUNWAY. HOWEVER, A CFI IN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT HOLDING SHORT OF 30 VERBALLY STATED THAT THERE WERE NO GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS, AND THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS HIGH AND SIGNIFICANTLY RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AS HE CROSSED ABEAM OF THE THRESHOLD.

## 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 SEA07LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA131), May 18, 2007: Cessna 150M (N9397U), Spanish Fork, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate compensation for gusty crosswind conditions, and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Factors include gusty crosswinds, and a ditch near…

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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