# Accident 20230921018099A: Cessna 150L, Montrose, CO, September 21, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2023, 09:55 local time
- Place: Montrose, CO
- Airport: Montrose Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5015° N, 107.8948° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5015&lon=-107.8948&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5460Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5460Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,205 total, 88 in this make and model, 207 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA416](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA416) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230921018099A

## Narrative

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

THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A PART 91 TRAINING LFIGHT FOR A PRIVATE PILOT STUDENT. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS DEMONSTARTING SLOW FLIGHT, STALLS, AND STEEP TURNS TO THE STUDENT. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT DEPARTED MONTROSE REGIONAL AIRPORT (MTJ) TO PERFORM THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED MANEUVERS. AFTER THE TRAINING WAS COMPLETED, THE INSTRUCTOR RETURNED TO MJT TO PERFORM THREE STOP-AND-GO LANDINGS WITH THE STUDENT. THE FIRST TWO LANDINGS WERE COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON THE THIRD STOP-AND-GO LANDING, THE INSTRUCTOR DECELERATED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY CENTERLINE FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 YARD. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT ON THE RUNWAY, HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT FOR THE VEER. THE INSTRUCTOR SAID HE FELT A RIGHT GUST OF WIND ON THE AIRCRAFT FUSALAGE WHICH FURTHER WEATHERVANED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO ARREST THE RIGHT TURN WITH LEFT RUDDER BUT THE MOMENTUM OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO GREAT AND THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTUNUED FORWARD. AS THE AIRCRAFT SPUN TO THE RIGHT, THE FORCE ON THE AIRCRAFT CREATED A SIDE LOAD WHICH COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND CAUSED THE PROPELLOR TO STRIKE THE GROUND.

## 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 CEN23LA416](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA416), Sep 21, 2023: Cessna 150L (N5460Q), Montrose, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a gusting quartering headwind.

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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