# NTSB DFW08CA083: Cessna 150, N554SP, Idabell, OK, March 16, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: March 16, 2008, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Idabell, OK
- Coordinates: 33.905555, -94.855552
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9056&lon=-94.8556&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 30, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Oklahoma City
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67682
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW08CA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67682/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA083

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions.  Factors contributing to the accident are high and gusting winds.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Wind: high wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034055): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034055/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 112 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034055/cases.md)
- [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Not specified (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: crosswind correction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 184 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062030/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The student pilot overflew the runway, and checked the automated weather reporting station for the airport. The pilot stated that the station was reporting 27 to 35-knots sustained winds with gusts from 40 to 45-knots.  The pilot then landed on runway 02 (a 5,000-foot by 75-foot asphalt runway) with 0-degrees of flaps.  He added that during the flare, a gust of wind "picked-up" the right side of the airplane and subsequently the airplane dropped to the runway.  Examination of the airplane revealed that the fuselage just aft of the engine mount attachment point was buckled.

## Factual narrative

The 58-hour student pilot overflew the runway, and checked the automated weather reporting station for the airport. The pilot stated that the station was reporting 27 to 35-knots sustained winds with gusts from 40 to 45-knots.  The pilot then landed on runway 02 (a 5,000-foot by 75-foot asphalt runway) with 0-degrees of flaps.  He added that during the flare, a gust of wind "picked-up" the right side of the airplane and subsequently the airplane dropped to the runway.  Examination of the airplane revealed that the fuselage just aft of the engine mount attachment point was buckled.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N554SP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N554SP-2012-12-11), registration cancelled 2012-12-11, S/N 15077048, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077048
- Airframe hours: 4104
- Engines: Continental O-200 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Idabel Broken Bow Paris Flying Club, doing business as Idabel Broken Bow Paris Flying Club
- Registered owner: Idabel Broken Bow Paris Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 2007
- Departed: 1OK4, IDABEL, OK
- Destination: Idabell, OK
- Airport: runway 02, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 41; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 79 total, 79 in this make and model, 43 as pilot in command, 79 in the last 90 days, 47 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 16 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: K4O4

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20080316012179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080316012179A), Mar 16, 2008: Cessna 150M, Idabel, OK, Substantial damage. (-23) On 03/16/2008 at Idabel, OK at airport (4O4) at 15:00 CDT, the pilot was attempting to land on runway 02. The AWOS recording reported airport conditions…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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