- Date
- September 4, 1989, 18:45 local (Sep 5, 1989, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Platteville, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7979ECessna C-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890904035779A
- Case key
- 17776
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to compensate for the wind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the gusting 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 pilot said he landed on runway 13 and the airplane was blown off the right side of the runway by a strong gusting wind. The airplane struck a hangar that is in close proximity to the runway. The wind at the time of the accident was from 200 degrees at 10 knots with gusts to 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7979E
- Reported as
- Cessna C-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17779
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- De Luna, Gary
- Registered owner
- Harris, Kenneth L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- AKO · Akron, CO
- Destination
- 27V
- Airport
- 27V · Kugel-Strong, runway 13, 4,000 × 40 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 154 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
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 N7979E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.