# Accident 20230103000279A: Cessna 150, Yukon, OK, January 3, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2023, 17:01 local time
- Place: Yukon, OK
- Airport: Clarence E Page Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4887° N, 97.8213° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4887&lon=-97.8213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7769E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7769E) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,195 total, 18 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230103000279A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 3, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CST, A 1959 CESSNA, C150 CONVERTED TAIL DRAGGER, WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT AT CLARENCE E. PAGE (KRCE) YKON, OKLAHOMA. THE PILOT STATED WHILE ON SCENE "I TOUCHDOWN AND ROLLED A FEW FEET AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE AIRPLANE DARTED TO THE LEFT TRYING TO GROUND LOOP. I IMMEDIATELY PUT IN RIGHT RUDDER, TRYING TO MAKE CORRECTIONS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAS UPSIDE DOWN." TOTAL ACCIDENT SITE COVERS LESS THAN 50FT. AIRCRAFT APPEARS INTACT WITH SUBSTANTIAL EXTERIOR SKIN DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD ENGINE COWLING, WINGS, FUSELAGE, AND EMPENNAGE; PROPELLER HAS NOTABLE SIGNS SUDDEN STOPPAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED TO HAVE BEEN LANDING TO THE NORTH ON 35L UPON INITIAL OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT WAS DISCOVERED TO BE INVERTED ON THE RUNWAY AND THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT POINT TO THE SOUTH OPPOSITE THE INTENDED LANDING DIRECTION. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED OFF THE RUNWAY AND RELOCATED TO THE OWNER HANGER FOR STORAGE.

## 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 CEN23LA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA075), Jan 3, 2023: Cessna 150 (N7769E), Yukon, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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