# Accident 20190604005659A: Cessna 150F, Renton, WA, June 4, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2019, 14:55 local time
- Place: Renton, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4931° N, 122.2158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4931&lon=-122.2158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8685S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8685S-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,049 total, 4 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA313) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190604005659A

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR PILOT (PIC) WAS PROVIDING TAIL WHEEL INSTRUCTION TO ANOTHER RATED PILOT.  PIC NOTED THE STUDENTS APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN WERE SATISFACTORY AND PERMITTED THE STUDENT TO CONTINUE THE LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT.  BOTH THE STUDENT AND THE PIC TRIED TO CORRECT, BUT THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED CLOCKWISE.  THE LEFT GEAR LEG FOLDED UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT AND THE LEFT WING WAS BENT UP 20 DEGREES TWO FEET INBOARD OF THE TIP.

## 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 GAA19CA313](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA313), Jun 4, 2019: Cessna 150 (N8685S), Renton, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain directional control and his overapplication of right rudder and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during the landing, which…

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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