- Date
- April 7, 2010, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waterproof, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66262Cessna 150
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Baton Rouge FSDO
- FAA report
- 20100407037269A
- Case key
- 75688
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing and his failure to initiate a go-around when encountering the strong gusting winds.
Findings · 5
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The private pilot was landing on a 1,300-foot-long dirt landing strip at his rural residence. He estimated the quartering right headwind as 17 miles per hour with gusts to 23 miles per hour during his approach to land. The pilot encountered an “extreme gust of wind” as the airplane touched down. The airplane drifted off of the left side of the runway and into freshly plowed ground. The nosegear impacted a furrow and the airplane nosed over on its back. There was substantial damage to both wings, the vertical fin and rudder, engine mounts, nosegear, and firewall. Both occupants exited the airplane unassisted and were not injured.
Factual narrative
The private pilot was landing on a 1,300 foot long dirt landing strip at his rural residence. He estimated the quartering right headwind as 17 miles per hour with gusts to 23 miles per hour during his approach to land. The pilot encountered an “extreme gust of wind” as the airplane touched down. The airplane drifted off of the left side of the runway and into freshly plowed ground. The nose gear impacted a furrow and the airplane nosed over on its back. There was substantial damage to both wings, the vertical fin and rudder, engine mounts, nose gear, and firewall. Both occupants exited the airplane unassisted and reported that they were not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66262
- Reported as
- Cessna 150 (M)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075964
- Airframe hours
- 6,677
- Engine
- Continental O200, 100 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 7, 2009 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- MLU · Monroe, LA
- Destination
- Waterproof, LA
- Airport
- NONE · Myrtle Grove Airstrip, runway 14, 1,300 × 60 ft, dirt
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 11, 2009
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 75 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Other flight crew
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 15 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Observed at
- HEZ, 13 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 10, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 350 KB in all.
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 N66262 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.