# NTSB CEN23LA075: Cessna 150, N7769E, Yukon, OK, January 3, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: January 3, 2023, 17:04 local (23:04 UTC)
- Place: Yukon, OK
- Coordinates: 35.4887, -97.8213
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4887&lon=-97.8213&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106558
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA075
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106558/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106558
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA075

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Findings

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

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071802), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained; cases with it: [Cessna 150, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2071802), [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 · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Cessna 150, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2071802), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2071802), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cessna 150, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2071802), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cessna 150, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2071802), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 150, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2071802), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Roll over](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/097); cases with it: [Cessna 150, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/097/sequence.md?model=2071802), [All aircraft, 261 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/097/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that while practicing stop-and-go landings on runway 35L in a tailwheel-equipped airplane, the airplane touched down, rolled a few feet, and then veered to the left. The pilot “immediately put in right rudder” to bring the airplane back to runway centerline. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted in the grass. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, and right wing. After the accident, the pilot said that he “hit the brakes too hard” when the airplane departed the side of the runway. In a separate written statement, the pilot stated that perhaps a gust of wind struck the tail during the landing roll out. Reported wind at the time of the accident was from 300° at 7 knots. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7769E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7769E), registered now, S/N 17569, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (registry code 2071802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17569
- Year built: 1959
- Engines: Continental O-200 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Edwards Samuel T
- Registered owner: Edwards Samuel T
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: RCE, Clarence E. Page-Cimmaron-Yukon Municipal Airport, runway 35L, 6,014 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 79; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: basicmed; seat: left; flight hours: 4,191 total, 0 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.83 inHg
- Observed at: KRCE
- METAR: KRCE 032235Z AUTO 30007KT 10SM CLR 09/M03 A2983 RMK AO2

## 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 20230103000279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230103000279A), Jan 3, 2023: Cessna 150, Yukon, OK, Substantial damage. On January 3, 2023, at approximately 1700 CST, a 1959 Cessna, C150 converted tail dragger, was on a personal flight at Clarence e. Page (krce) ykon, Oklahoma.…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 30, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106558. 3.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15216205&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident_Report_CEN23LA075_master_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 970 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15214681&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Sheet-Rel.pdf
- Pilot's initial statement (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 579 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15243890&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%27s%20Initial%20Statement-Redacted-Rel.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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