# Accident 20100930049489A: Cessna 150F, North Pole, AK, September 30, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2010, 17:45 local time
- Place: North Pole, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7508° N, 147.3836° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7508&lon=-147.3836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3569L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3569L-2017-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC10LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100930049489A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS MAKING SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF ON GRAVEL RUNWAY. AS AIRCRAFT WAS CLOSE TO FLYING SPEED, NOSE WHEEL "WOBBLED" THEN WENT HARD LEFT PULLING THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE SOFT DIRT BESIDE THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO NOSE IN AND FLIP OVER. THE SPHERICAL ROD END BEARING THAT ATTACHES TO THE NOSE STEERING COLLAR, LH SIDE, WAS FOUND BROKEN IN THE THREADS.SEE PTRS# AL01 201002596

## 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 ANC10LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC10LA101), Oct 1, 2010: Cessna 150F (N3569L), North Pole, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The overstress separation of the left nose wheel steering linkage rod end during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a loss of control.

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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