- Date
- September 21, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Racine, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50433Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850921046789A
- Case key
- 13218
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported a gust of wind resulted in a nose high left turn just prior to touchdown. Power was added & the left wing contacted the runway. The aircraft went off the left side of the runway and hit a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50433
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069300
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- James S. Uick
- Registered owner
- James Ulck
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RAC
- Airport
- RAC · Horlick-Racine
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 10 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.
Other investigations on N50433 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.