# Accident 20160626012289A: Cessna 150, Reno, NV, June 26, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2016, 11:45 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Reno/Stead
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6633° N, 119.8775° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6633&lon=-119.8775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5842E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5842E-2018-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA349) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160626012289A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT INITIALLY FLEW WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THEN WAS RELEASED FOR HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.  THE STUDENT PREFLIGHTED THE TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 8.   A WITNESS STATED THIS TAKEOFF AND CLIMB APPEARED SATISFACTORY AND HIS DOWN WIND TO BASE ALSO APPEARED NORMAL.  ON FINAL, THE STUDENT SAID HE LINED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE  AND TOUCHED DOWN. ON ROLLOUT A GUST OF WIND LIFTED HIS LEFT WING.  THE PILOT TURNED INTO THE WIND AND THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND.  THE PILOT APPLIED FULL LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE AND THE PLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED A RUNWAY SIGN.

## 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 GAA16CA349](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA349), Jun 26, 2016: Cessna 150 (N5842E), Reno, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion, impact with a sign, and left wing damage.

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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