# Incident 20250912013589I: Cessna 150F, Victoria, TX, September 12, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2025, 12:31 local time
- Place: Victoria, TX
- Airport: Victoria Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8542° N, 96.9187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VICTORIA RGNL (VCT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8542&lon=-96.9187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3021X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3021X) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 19 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250912013589I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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