20150517006729A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150C · Durango, CO · May 17, 2015

Date
May 17, 2015 · 14:50 local
Place
Durango, CO
Airport
Animas Air Park
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1924Z
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN15CA236
Reported as
Cessna 150C
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total350 in this make and model20 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.

After a local flight while descending to land at 00C the aircraft engine cut out. The pilot attempted to land on a road and upon landing the nose gear broke off and the left wing hit an embankment causing substantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER A LOCAL FLIGHT WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND AT 00C THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE CUT OUT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A ROAD AND UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF AND THE LEFT WING HIT AN EMBANKMENT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

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