# NTSB CEN25LA110: Cessna 150, N3341V, Weslaco, TX, March 5, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 5, 2025, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC) - Place: Weslaco, TX - Coordinates: 26.178708, -97.974006 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1787&lon=-97.9740&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) - 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 - San Antonio, TX FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 199807 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA110 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199807/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199807 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA110 ## Probable cause The pilot’s improper landing flare while attempting to land with a tailwind, which resulted in a hard landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Ability to respond/compensate (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/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: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was conducting a practice landing when the airplane touched down hard on the tailwheel, resulting in substantial damage to the aft fuselage. The pilot attempted to abort the landing but was unable to manipulate the elevator control surface due to the damage. During the attempt to abort the landing, the airplane struck a sign on the left side of the runway that separated the right main landing gear from the fuselage. The airplane then ground looped to the right, exited the right side of the runway, and came to rest. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing the airplane on runway 32 with wind from 070° at 10 knots. The pilot reported having 5 hours as pilot in command (PIC) in the accident airplane before the accident and that he had not flown in about 4 months. The combination of inexperience and not having flown recently likely affected the pilot’s performance. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3341V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3341V), registered now, S/N 15076467, 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: 15076467 - Year built: 1974 - Airframe hours: 475 - Engines: Continental O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 17, 2025 - Departed: KTXW, Weslaco, TX - Destination: KTXW, Weslaco, TX - Airport: KTXW, Mid Valley Airport, runway 14, 6,002 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: None ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review June 29, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 220 total, 20 in this make and model, 150 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 70° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 3,800 ft broken - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 41 °F - Altimeter: 30.08 inHg - Observed at: KTXW - METAR: METAR KTXW 051955Z AUTO 07010KT 10SM BKN038 BKN045 28/05 A3008 RMK AO2 T02810048= ## 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 20250305003029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250305003029A), Mar 5, 2025: Cessna 150M, Weslaco, TX, Substantial damage. On March 5, 2025, at 14:10 hours, a Cessna 150M was involved in an accident while landing at Mid Valley Airport in Weslaco, Texas, on runway 32. During the… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 9, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199807. 4.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 4.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18482966&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN25LA110_6120_1_redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 872 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18473050&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN25LA110%20-%20PHOTOS-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. 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