- Date
- October 22, 1993, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Athens, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17056Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931022040649A
- Case key
- 18958
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain directional control due to improper compensation for the wind conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The solo student pilot said he landed the aircraft on runway 35 and after 20 seconds the airplane turned to the left. The wind was from 020 degrees at 7 knots. The student pilot reported that he put the ailerons into the wind and applied right rudder. The airplane departed the left of the runway and hit a wall.
Factual narrative
On October 22, 1993, at 1030 central daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N17056, sustained substantial damage near Athens, Texas, following a loss of control during the landing roll. The student pilot did not receive injury. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional solo flight.
During interviews conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration inspector and the investigator in charge with the operator, the controller, the flight instructor, and the student pilot, the following information was revealed. The dual instructional flight departed Tyler, Texas, at approximately 0910 for a local flight to the Athens Municipal Airport, Athens, Texas. Following a series of touch and go landings, the flight instructor exited the airplane and released the student pilot for his first solo flight. The winds were reported from 020 degrees at 7 knots.
Approximately 20 seconds into the landing roll on runway 35 the airplane began to turn left. The solo student applied right aileron and right rudder but the airplane exited to the left of the runway. The right main gear struck a concrete wall of a drainage ditch resulting in its separation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17056
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073610
- Airframe hours
- 2,688
- Engine
- Lycoming O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tyler School Of Aviation
- Registered owner
- Ellis, Tony R., And Donald E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 22, 1993
- Airport
- F44 · Athens, runway 35, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 20 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.