20230718010659A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150F · Chelan, WA · July 18, 2023

Date
July 18, 2023 · 13:50 local
Place
Chelan, WA
Airport
Lake Chelan Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N300SS
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR23LA276
Reported as
Cessna 150F
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
278 total25 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Durning the landing rollout the airplane began to turn left. The pilot applied right rudder pressure and right brake to stop the turn. It appears that excessive right brake was applied and the aircraft began to turn sharply to the right. The left wing lifted during the right turn. The pilot then applied heavy brake pressure to both left and right brakes. The nose of the aircraft then pitched downward sharply, resulting in the propeller and propeller nose cone making contact with the paved runway surface. As the aircraft slid of the side of the runway on its nose, the nose cone imbedded into the dirt at the edge of the paved surface and flipped the aircraft over. The aircraft came to rest upside down and suistained substantial damage. The pilot exited the aircraft and suffered no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

DURNING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO TURN LEFT. THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER PRESSURE AND RIGHT BRAKE TO STOP THE TURN. IT APPEARS THAT EXCESSIVE RIGHT BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TURN SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT. THE LEFT WING LIFTED DURING THE RIGHT TURN. THE PILOT THEN APPLIED HEAVY BRAKE PRESSURE TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKES. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT THEN PITCHED DOWNWARD SHARPLY, RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER AND PROPELLER NOSE CONE MAKING CONTACT WITH THE PAVED RUNWAY SURFACE. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLID OF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ON ITS NOSE, THE NOSE CONE IMBEDDED INTO THE DIRT AT THE EDGE OF THE PAVED SURFACE AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN AND SUISTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND SUFFERED NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

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