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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150F · Victoria, TX · September 12, 2025

Date
September 12, 2025 · 12:31 local
Place
Victoria, TX
Airport
Victoria Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3021X
Reported as
Cessna 150F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
141 total19 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot performed a visual approach at Victoria Regional Airport. A weather observation taken shortly after the incident showed a crosswind factor of 6 knots, gusting to 16 knots. According to the pilot this amount of crosswind exceeded his skill level. According to the pilot he mismanaged the controls during his approach to landing. After bouncing once, the aircraft touched down in an uncoordinated nose-down attitude. The oblique forces placed on the nosewheel casued by the hard landing and touchdown angle caused the shock/strut assembly to separate from the airframe. The aircraft came to rest shortly after the nosewheel landing gear structural failure and subsequest propeller strike with the ground.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PERFORMED A VISUAL APPROACH AT VICTORIA REGIONAL AIRPORT. A WEATHER OBSERVATION TAKEN SHORTLY AFTER THE INCIDENT SHOWED A CROSSWIND FACTOR OF 6 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 16 KNOTS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THIS AMOUNT OF CROSSWIND EXCEEDED HIS SKILL LEVEL. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE MISMANAGED THE CONTROLS DURING HIS APPROACH TO LANDING. AFTER BOUNCING ONCE, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN AN UNCOORDINATED NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE. THE OBLIQUE FORCES PLACED ON THE NOSEWHEEL CASUED BY THE HARD LANDING AND TOUCHDOWN ANGLE CAUSED THE SHOCK/STRUT ASSEMBLY TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRFRAME. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST SHORTLY AFTER THE NOSEWHEEL LANDING GEAR STRUCTURAL FAILURE AND SUBSEQUEST PROPELLER STRIKE WITH THE GROUND.