- Date
- February 20, 1992, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Moneta, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4373UCessna 150D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920220003409A
- Case key
- 37128
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing with a crosswind.
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 pilot could not get an airport advisory from UNICOM so he observed the wind sock. He said, '...[sock] indicated a no wind, no gust, flat position.' The last wind information he had was that the winds were from the northwest. He decided to land on runway 5 and, just prior to touchdown, he encountered a left crosswind. The pilot stated that the wind pushed the airplane 60 to 70 feet before he could attempt a go around. The airplane impacted the ground and the nose strut collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4373U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060373
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Parker Charter Inc.
- Registered owner
- Parker Charter Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1992 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- HLX · Hillsville, VA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- W91 · Moneta-Smith Mtn Lake, runway 5, 3,050 × 51 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 66 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROA, 60 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.