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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150A · Factoryville, PA · April 2, 2011

Date
April 2, 2011 · 17:15 local
Place
Factoryville, PA
Airport
Seamans
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7225X
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA227
Reported as
Cessna 150A
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
110 total110 in this make and model17 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.

Pilot approached runway 4 at Seamans Airport but went around because of wind. On second attempt he came in too high and lowered the nose to dive at the runway. The aircraft hit the runway very hard causing it to bounce into the air and then hit the runway again. The aircraft ground looped as it ran off the runway into the mud, striking the right wing. The nose gear was damaged and the tail was damaged as it hit the ground. The right wing and fuselage had damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT APPROACHED RUNWAY 4 AT SEAMANS AIRPORT BUT WENT AROUND BECAUSE OF WIND. ON SECOND ATTEMPT HE CAME IN TOO HIGH AND LOWERED THE NOSE TO DIVE AT THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY VERY HARD CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE INTO THE AIR AND THEN HIT THE RUNWAY AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AS IT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE MUD, STRIKING THE RIGHT WING. THE NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED AND THE TAIL WAS DAMAGED AS IT HIT THE GROUND. THE RIGHT WING AND FUSELAGE HAD DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.