# Incident 20070608016609I: Cessna 150J, Yoakum, TX, June 8, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2007, 20:28 local time
- Place: Yoakum, TX
- Airport: Yoakum Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3132° N, 97.1384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YOAKUM MUNI (T85), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3132&lon=-97.1384&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60866, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60866-2007-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070608016609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06/08/2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 20:28 CDT A CESSNA, N60866, CE-150-J, S/N 15070632, CRASHED WHILE TAXIING AT THE YOAKUM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, YOAKUM, TEXAS 77995. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE NON-CERTIFICATED PERSON TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL AND ENDED UPSIDE DOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE SOLE PERSON ONBOARD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEN AIRLIFTED TO CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER IN VICTORIA, TEXAS WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR HEAD INJURIES AND WAS RELEASED TWO (2) DAYS LATER. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED THE NOSE GEAR, ENGINE MOUNT, ENGINE COWLING, PROPELLER, VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER. IN A STATEMENT RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT, HE WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT TO AND AROUND THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY AND THE WIND PICKED UP THE PLANE AND SPUN IT AROUND AND FLIPPED IT UPSIDE DOWN. REVIEW OF WEATHER REPORT FROM QUALITY CONTROLLED LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA INDICATES NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY. ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES/AIRPORT MANAGER AND THE LOCAL POLICE THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N60866 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19770728021109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770728021109A), Jul 28, 1977: Cessna 150J (N60866), Lake Jackson, TX, Substantial damage. Obstruction in l wing tank vent line.

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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