- Date
- March 20, 1990, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Shelbyville, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7379XCessna 150B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900320004889A
- Case key
- 14646
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Probable cause
The private pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing. The crosswind was a related factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The private pilot stated that just after the aircraft touched down on the runway, a wind gust lifted the left wing, and the airplane yawed to the left. The nose gear collapsed, and the right wing tip dragged on the pavement before the airplane came to a stop about 2 to 3 feet off the left edge of the runway. The pilot estimated the winds were from 280 degrees at 8 knots with gusts to 12 knots. Runway 36 was in use.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7379X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059479
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert & Jacqueline Freeman
- Registered owner
- Robert & Jacqueline Freeman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1990 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- MQJ · Mt Comfort, IN
- Airport
- 35M · Shelbyville Muni, runway 36, 3,732 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 440 total · 147 in this make and model · 384 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 24 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 N7379X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.