- Date
- April 22, 1985, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Abilene, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7930GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850422015369A
- Case key
- 21729
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt had little recent tail wheel experience. The accident occurred while landing in a x-wind that exceeded either or both the acft's and plt's capabilities. The acft ground looped. The left wheel dropped into mud beside the rwy and separated. The main landing gear strut failed and the left wing was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7930G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074738
- Airframe hours
- 4,850
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Elmdale Airpark, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- 6F4 · Elmdale Airpark, runway 17, 2,950 × 25 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 502 total · 19 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 14 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABI, 3 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.
Other investigations on N7930G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.