- Date
- April 5, 1995, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Canton, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N19375Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950405007449A
- Case key
- 3543
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a crosswind landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the student pilot, while attempting a crosswind landing, the airplane veered to the right and went off the runway. The airplane rolled into the grassy area adjacent to the runway, collided with a ditch, and nosed over. No mechanical problems were reported by the student pilot.
Factual narrative
On April 5, 1995, at 1200 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150, N19375, nosed over in a ditch after the pilot lost control of the airplane while landing at the Cherokee County Airport near Canton, Georgia. The supervised solo flight operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the student pilot was not injured. The local flight departed Canton, at 1100 hours.
The student pilot stated that shortly after the airplane touched down on runway 4, it veered off the right side of the runway, collided with a ditch, and nosed over. The student also reported that there was a light left crosswind at the time of the accident. No mechanical problems with the airplane were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19375
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074375
- Airframe hours
- 5,734
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Firefox Aviation Inc.,
- Registered owner
- Marritt Aircraft Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 9, 1995 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- 47A
- Airport
- 47A · Cherokee County Airport, runway 4, 3,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 146 total · 16 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Observed at
- AHN, 60 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.