- Date
- March 27, 2023, 15:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Mattituck, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50133Cessna 150H
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20230327003869A
- Case key
- 106968
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing, which resulted in a hard landing and runway excursion.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated he went flying in windy conditions and that during landing, a crosswind “blew” the airplane to the left side of runway 19. He attempted to realign the airplane with the runway centerline, however, the nose “dropped sharply.” The pilot tried to bring the nose up again, but the nose landing gear struck the runway “hard.” The nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest off the left side of the runway. During the accident sequence, the main wing spar was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The recorded wind 9 nautical miles southwest of the airport, three minutes after the accident was from 120° at 4 kts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50133
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069081
- Built
- 1968
- Airframe hours
- 2,517
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stepnoski Bernard L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 2022
- Airport
- 21N · Mattituck, runway 10, 2,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B
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
- 84
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 18, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 575 total · 575 in this make and model · 575 as pilot in command · 1.75 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- FOK, 9 nm away
- METAR
- KFOK 271953Z 12004KT 10SM OVC110 11/M04 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP152 T01061039
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 23, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.