# Accident 20230718010659A: Cessna 150F, Chelan, WA, July 18, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2023, 13:50 local time
- Place: Chelan, WA
- Airport: Lake Chelan Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8660° N, 119.9427° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8660&lon=-119.9427&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N300SS-2025-03-31) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 278 total, 25 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA276) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230718010659A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 WPR23LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA276), Jul 18, 2023: Cessna 150F (N300SS), Chelan, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop and subsequent nose over.

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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