- Date
- October 2, 1991, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Taylor, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11540Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911002046379A
- Case key
- 15327
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to attain proper compensation for the crosswind. A factor contributing to the accident was the crosswind.
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 student pilot was landing on runway 15. The reported wind was 210 degrees at 13 knots, with gusts to 16 knots. Directional control was lost. The aircraft bounced and the nose landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11540
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075502
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Haerr Field, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Haerr Field, Inc.
- Airport
- K04 · Haerr Field, runway 15, 2,865 × 110 ft, grass/turf
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 43 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 13 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.