- Date
- April 17, 1994, 18:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Fredricktown, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51175Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940417007959A
- Case key
- 9508
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. A factor associated with 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 reported she was landing on runway 19 in a 'slight crosswind'. She said she was holding left rudder and, when the nose wheel touched down, she lost directional control. The aircraft veered to the left and departed the runway. The airplane nosed over in a construction ditch.
Factual narrative
On April 17, 1994, at 1855 central daylight time, a Cessna 150J airplane, N51175, sustained substantial damage when it departed the runway while landing at the Fredericktown Municipal Airport, Fredericktown, Missouri. The solo student pilot received no injuries. The local instructional flight originated about 1845 and was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. A flight plan was not filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed.
The student pilot reported she was landing on runway 19 in a "slight crosswind". She said she was holding left rudder and, when the nose wheel touched down, she lost directional control. The airplane veered to the left and departed the runway.
An airport construction project was in progress and a long depression was excavated parallel to the runway about 50 feet from the edge. The airplane descended the embankment and nosed over.
Postaccident examination of the airplane by FAA inspectors disclosed damage to the nose, both wings, the vertical stabilizer, and the rudder. There was no evidence of a preexisting airplane malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51175
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069816
- Airframe hours
- 2,601
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger M. Lee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1994 · 16 hours before
- Airport
- H88 · Fredericktown Municipal, runway 19, 2,345 × 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 38 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGI, 43 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.