- Date
- May 20, 1995, 13:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Stockton, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4774XCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950520012199A
- Case key
- 9890
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind weather condition and subsequent failure to maintain directional control. Factors were the crosswind and the ditch.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot reported the winds were from the west-southwest at 12 gusting to 15 knots. He reported that while he was landing on runway 19L, the right wing came up. He lost control of the airplane and it slid off the left side of the runway into wet grass. The airplane slid into a ditch and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On May 20, 1995, at 1355 central daylight time, a Cessna 150G, N4774X, sustained substantial damage when it nosed over during landing roll in Stockton, Missouri. The solo student pilot reported no injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight originated in Pittsburg, Kansas, at 1325. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
In his written statement, the student pilot reported the winds were from the west-southwest at 12 gusting to 15 knots. He reported that while he was landing on runway 19L, the right wing came up. He lost control of the airplane and it slid off the left side of the runway into wet grass. The airplane slid into a ditch and nosed over sustaining damage to the right wing and minor damage to the empennage, left wing, and forward fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4774X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 160-64824
- Airframe hours
- 2,150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gene E. And Bob J. Harvey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1995 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- PTS · Pittsburg, KS
- Destination
- MO43
- Airport
- MO43 · Stockton Municipal, runway 19L, 3,050 × 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 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.