20070719017719A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150M · Woodland, CA · July 19, 2007

Date
July 19, 2007 · 11:30 local
Place
Woodland, CA
Airport
Watts-Woodland
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N531M
Reported as
Cessna 150M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
625 total100 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot and student were on the 45 degree entry to the downwind leg for a left downwind to runway 18 when they hit a hawk. The hawk came through the windscreen. The CFI thought he was high enough (1000 ft) from the field to make a landing, but realized that the aircraft was descending very fast so elected to land in a field just north east of runway 18 in a tomato field. The aircraft landed thirty degrees to the fallows annd turned over when the nose wheel touched down in the soft wet dirt.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT AND STUDENT WERE ON THE 45 DEGREE ENTRY TO THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR A LEFT DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 18 WHEN THEY HIT A HAWK. THE HAWK CAME THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN. THE CFI THOUGHT HE WAS HIGH ENOUGH (1000 FT) FROM THE FIELD TO MAKE A LANDING, BUT REALIZED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING VERY FAST SO ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD JUST NORTH EAST OF RUNWAY 18 IN A TOMATO FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED THIRTY DEGREES TO THE FALLOWS ANND TURNED OVER WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN IN THE SOFT WET DIRT.