- Date
- September 21, 2018, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Roseburg, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8382GCessna 150
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 2019
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- FAA report
- 20180921016399A
- Case key
- 98341
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of directional control during landing.
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 in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that the airplane bounced and drifted left during the three-point landing. He applied right rudder to correct the left drift and aft pressure on the yoke to keep the tailwheel on the ground. However, the left wing lifted, and the right main landing gear was sideloaded and then collapsed. The right wing struck the ground, and the airplane came to rest on the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing spar. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The METAR at the airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 300° at 7 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 34.
Factual narrative
The pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that the airplane bounced and drifted to the left during the three-point landing. He applied right rudder to correct the left drift, and aft pressure on the yoke to keep the tailwheel on the ground. However, the left wing lifted, and the landing gear was sideloaded, and the right main landing gear collapsed. The right wing struck the ground, and the airplane came to rest on the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing spar. The METAR for the airport reported that the wind about the time of the accident was from 300° at 7 knots. The airplane landed on runway 34. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8382G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150 (F)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062482
- Built
- 1965
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 19, 2018 · 2,454.2 hours before
- Departed
- RBG · Roseburg, OR
- Destination
- RBG · Roseburg, OR
- Airport
- RBG · Roseburg Rgnl, runway 34, 5,003 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- None
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
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 14, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 167.5 total · 85 in this make and model · 103.4 as pilot in command · 7.8 in the last 90 days · 4.3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- KRBG
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 1, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.7 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.
Other investigations on N8382G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.