# NTSB CEN10CA196: Cessna 150, N66262, Waterproof, LA, April 7, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 7, 2010, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Waterproof, LA
- Coordinates: 31.809165, -91.369163 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8092&lon=-91.3692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 2010
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Baton Rouge FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75688
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10CA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75688/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75688
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA196

## 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

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: lack of action](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 792 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041030/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation; cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md)
- [Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03023000/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)
- [Post-impact: Cabin safety event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 151 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66262-2010-08-11), registration cancelled 2010-08-11, S/N 15075964, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150 (M)
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075964
- Airframe hours: 6677
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; injuries: none; 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
- Other flight crew; age 55; injuries: none; 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

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20100407037269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100407037269A), Apr 7, 2010: Cessna 150M, Waterproof, LA, Substantial damage. Grass landing strip between two plowed fieldslanding east with a southerly crosswind 11 mph gusting to 16. Operator initiated flair, as throttle closed strong…

## Other investigations on N66262 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI94LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA184), May 30, 1994: Cessna 150M (N66262), Concordia, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot-in-command's misjudging of the altitude of the airplane and his diversion of attention during the landing. A factor was the improper use of the throttle by the pilot-in-command.

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 10, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=75688. 350 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 350 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40329625&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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