# Accident 20080520834039A: Cessna 150H, Augusta, GA, May 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2008, 16:19 local time
- Place: Augusta, GA
- Airport: Augusta Regional At Bush Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3697° N, 81.9644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3697&lon=-81.9644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7050S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7050S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080520834039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) GROUND CONTROL GAVE N7050S CLEARANCE FOR TAXI. GROUND CONTROL CONFIRMED THAT IF THE A/C WERE TO TAKEOFF, FLYING SOUTH WOULD BE THE BEST OPTION TO AVOID INCOMING WEATHER. AFTER THE SECOND REQUEST FOR TAXI CLEARANCE THE A/C PROCEEDED SOUTH ON TAXI WAY CHARLIE. JUST BEFOR TURNING EAST ON TO ECHO LIGHT PRECIPITATION BEGAN TO FALL FOLLOWED BY NOTICEABLE HAILSTONES. AT THIS POINT THE PIC REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO TERMINAL. AFTER RECEIVING CLEARANCE TO RETURN TO TERMINAL THE A/C TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS WHEN THE WIND INCREASED AND THE A/C BEGAN VIOLENTLY ROCKING. THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE A/C IN TO THE WIND, THE A/C TURN APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES, BUT THE ROCKING CONTINUED. THE RIGHT WING THEN STRUCK THE GROUND, THE PIC PULLED THE MIXTURE CONTROL IN ORDER TO CUT THE ENGINE. AT THIS TIME THE A/C WAS FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AND CAME TO REST ON ITS TOP IN A GRASSY AREA ABOUT 65 FEET ON THE EAST SIDE FROM THE CENTER LINE OF TAXIWAY CHARLIE.

## 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 LAX08CA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA148), May 20, 2008: Cessna 150H (N7050S), Augusta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate decision to taxi during thunderstorm activity and his failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing to the accident were thunderstorms and wind gusts.

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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