# Accident 20120602011239A: Cessna 150G, Ketchikan, AK, June 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2012, 15:15 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Airport: Ketchikan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.3522° N, 131.7067° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3522&lon=-131.7067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3235J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3235J-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC12CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120602011239A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 2, 2012, A TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA 150G SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER A LOSS OF CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENT LANDING GEAR FAILURE DURING AN ATTEMPTED DOWNWIND TAKEOFF IN KETCHIKAN, ALASKA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND SINGLE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED DURING THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ANC12CA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC12CA045), Jun 3, 2012: Cessna 150G (N3235J), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to take off with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in a loss of control.

## Other reports on N3235J (1)

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

- [Accident 19920315006299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920315006299A), Mar 15, 1992: Cessna STC150 (N3235J), Juneau, AK, Substantial damage. Lost control on touch and go landing in coverted tail dragger 150. Ground looped. Unskilled in tail wheel aircraft.

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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