- Date
- August 29, 1992, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Woodland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2421JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920829034079A
- Case key
- 27749
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll. Factors in the accident were the students lack of total experience and the soft nature of the recently plowed field the aircraft encountered.
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 student pilot said that after touch down on a touch and go landing he lost directional control. The aircraft veered left off the runway and nosed over when it encountered recently plowed soft dirt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2421J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065521
- Airframe hours
- 9,969
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ukiah Aviation
- Registered owner
- Kate Hudson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 14, 1992 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- UKI · Ukiah, CA
- Airport
- O41 · Watts-Woodland, runway 36, 3,770 × 60 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.