# Accident 20121021029049A: Cessna 150L, Seneca Falls, NY, October 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2012, 11:16 local time
- Place: Seneca Falls, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8836° N, 76.7811° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8836&lon=-76.7811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1791Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1791Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 260 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121021029049A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/21/2012 AT 11:16 EDST A CESSNA 150L (N1791Q) OWNED BY JAMES N. SCHARTZER AND WAS BEING OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDING AT OG7 WHEN DUE TO WIND GUSTS HE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH AND CORNFIELD.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ & HIS PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED AND EGRESS NORMALLY.   THE SENECA FALLS NY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE SITE. THE NOSE GEAR, LEFT WING AND PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED IN THIS INCIDENT.  BOTH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HIS PASSENGER WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS AND SHOULDER RESTRAINTS.  IN AN INTERVIEW AND IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE FOLLOWING: ?THE WINDS WERE REPORTED BY THE ON FIELD AWOS AS 270 DEGREES @ 9 KTS.  AFTER FLYING LOCALLY FOR ABOUT 1.25HRS THE WINDS HAD PICKED UP SIGNIFICANTLY TO 270 DEGREES @ 17 GUSTING TO 28 KTS.  AT THIS POINT I ELECTED TO LAND ON THE GRASS RUNWAY 10-28 HEADING WEST WHICH WAS ALMOST DIRECTLY INTO THE PREVAILING WIND.  I MADE A NORMAL ENTRY TO THE PATTERN AND HAD 30 DEGREE OF FLAPS IN ON FINAL APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH.  JUST AS I WAS ROUNDING OUT AND FLARING FOR TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 28, A LARGE GUST OF WING PICKED MY LEFT WING UP VIOLENTLY.  IN RESPONSE TO THIS I CORRECTED WITH HARD LEFT AILERON INPUT AND FULL RIGHT RUDDER.  AS THE AIRCRAFT LEVELED AND THE MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN I HAD DRIFTED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE MY LEFT MAIN WHEEL ENTERED A DRAINAGE DITCH ALONG THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHICH BORDERS CLOSELY WITH A CORNFIELD.  THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK SOME OF THE TALL CORN AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ONTO THE PROPELLER, THEN BACK ONTO THE MAIN GEAR AND CAME TO REST.  AT THIS TIME I SHUT THE FUEL AND MASTER OFF AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MY PASSENGER SAFELY.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.?

## 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 ERA13CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA051), Oct 21, 2012: Cessna 150L (N1791Q), Seneca Falls, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate compensation for wind conditions during landing, which resulted in an impact with a drainage ditch.

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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