- Date
- July 3, 1999, 20:47 local (Jul 4, 1999, 04:47 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7911FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19990703008239A
- Case key
- 46715
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind. Factors in the accident were a crosswind, and an inadvertent ground loop.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The certificated commercial pilot was landing a tailwheel equipped airplane on runway 01L. The wind was reported to be from 283 degrees at 11 knots. The touchdown and beginning of the landing roll were uneventful until the nose of the airplane began to veer to the left. The pilot applied right rudder, left aileron, and right brake, but the airplane continued to turn left. The right main gear collapsed, and the right wing struck the runway surface. The pilot said there was no mechanical malfunction of the airplane.
Factual narrative
On July 3, 1999, about 2047 Alaska daylight time, a tailwheel equipped Cessna 150F airplane, N7911F, sustained substantial damage while landing at the Fairbanks International Airport, Fairbanks, Alaska. The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country personal flight when the accident occurred. The airplane was operated by the pilot/owner. The certificated commercial pilot, and the sole passenger, were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at the Northway Airport, Northway, Alaska, about 1815.
During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge (IIC), on July 6, 1999, the pilot reported he was landing on runway 01L. The touchdown and beginning of the landing roll were uneventful until the nose of the airplane began to veer to the left. He applied right rudder, left aileron, and right brake, but the airplane continued to turn left. The right main gear collapsed, and the right wing struck the runway surface.
The pilot said there was no mechanical malfunction of the airplane.
At 2053, a Fairbanks Aviation Routine Weather Report (METAR) was reporting in part: Wind, 310 degrees (true) at 11 knots; visibility, 10 statute miles; clouds and sky condition, few at 6,000 feet, 11,000 feet scattered; temperature, 82 degrees F; dew point, 41 degrees F; altimeter, 30.03 inHg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7911F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064011
- Airframe hours
- 4,552
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael J. Kimball
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1999 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- PAOR · Northway, AK
- Destination
- PAFA
- Airport
- PAFA · Fairbanks International, runway 1L, 11,800 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,305 total · 122 in this make and model · 1,201 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 283° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7911F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.