# Accident 20230731021799A: Cessna 150F, Sherman, TX, July 31, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2023, 10:15 local time
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Airport: Sherman Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6282° N, 96.5869° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6282&lon=-96.5869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6837F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6837F) (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: 286 total, 170 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA339) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230731021799A

## Narrative

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

ARRIVED ON SCENE AT SHERMAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SWI) AT APPROX. 1300L. I WAS MET BY PILOT AND AIRPORT MANAGER. PILOT REPORTED TO ROC THAT HE WAS IN THE PATTERN AND WAS CORRECTING FOR WIND WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A RUNWAY INCURSION. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED ON HIS FIRST STATEMENT THAT HE "TOOK OFF FROM ROCKWALL (F46) APPROX. 0939L, HEADING TO SHERMAN (KSWL). AFTER ENTERING THE PATTERN OF KSWI, AND TURNING ON FINAL, COMPLIED WITH A STABLE APPROACH. AFTER MAIN WHEELS TOUCHDOWN, THEN NOSE WHEEL, A GUST OF WIND STARTED TO LIFT THE RIGHT WING UP. PERFOMED A CORRECTION BUT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE NOSE WHEEL CENTER OF RUNWAY. TAKEOFF TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. SHUTOFF FUEL AND POWER. NO INJURY". AFTER A STATEMENT WE ARRIVED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AND COLLECTED PHOTOS. IT WAS NOTED AT THIS TIME THAT THERE WAS A LEFT-WING STRIKE. THE NOSE GEAR WAS COLLAPSED, BOTH STEERING LANKAGES WERE SHEERED AND THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS BENT ON THE RIGHT AND PUSHED INTO THE FIREWALL, THE PROP WAS BENT UNDER LOW POWER. THE FUESELAGE AND TAIL HAD DAMAGE INDICATIVE OF FLIPPING OVER. ALL INDICATIONS ALLIGNED WITH THE PILOT STATEMENT. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED TO THE BRAKES COMPONENTS OR RUDDER PEDALS. THE PILOT LATER REPORTED TO THE NTSB THAT HE SUSPECTED MECHANIC ISSUES WITH THE NOSE GEAR. ON AUGUST 30TH AT THE DIRECTION OF THE NTSB I INSPECTED THE AICRAFT AGAIN FOCUSING ON THE NOSE GEAR AND RUDDER PEDALS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN LANCASTER, TEXAS. I INSPECTED AND NOTED THE SAME DAMAGE AS ORIGINALLY DISCOVED ON THE 07/31/2023 ACCIDENT SCENE. I NOTED THE SHEERED STEERING LINKS WERE BENT BACKWARDS AND NO RESTRICTION TO MOVEMENT IN THE RUDDER PEDALS. I SENT ALL PHOTOS TO THE NTSB.

## 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 CEN23LA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA339), Jul 31, 2023: Cessna 150F (N6837F), Sherman, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose over.

## Other reports on N6837F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230109000329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230109000329I), Jan 9, 2023: Cessna 150F (N6837F), Cravens, AR, No damage. Aircraft departed clarksville Arkansas (H35) and departed to the north west. After 40 minutes in cruise flight the engine started running rough with high oil…

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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