- Date
- December 29, 1987, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Woodworth, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5719GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871229071949A
- Case key
- 22604
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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 plt stated that during landing roll the aircraft veered left due to a strong wind gust. The aircraft fell into a ravine, coming to rest 180 degrees from the runway heading, damaging both wing spars at the fuselage attach points and collapsing the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5719G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071219
- Airframe hours
- 4,076
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jimmy Alexander
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 10, 1987 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- 6R9 · Llano, TX
- Destination
- 1R4 · Woodworth, LA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 1R4 · Woodworth Municipal, runway 1, 3,100 × 75 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,536 total · 46 in this make and model · 3,222 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AXE
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 N5719G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.