# NTSB SEA01LA142: Cessna 150, N10RH, Blackfoot, ID, July 21, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 20, 2001, 20:45 local (Jul 21, 2001, 02:45 UTC) - Place: Blackfoot, ID - Coordinates: 43.269832, -112.560249 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2698&lon=-112.5602&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 20, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 52809 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA01LA142 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52809/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=52809 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA142 ## Probable cause Pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing. ## Analysis The pilot submitted a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board dated July 29. He reported that shortly after touchdown (wheel landing) on runway 19, the airplane "… started turning to the left." He stated that he applied right rudder without response and then applied brakes. Shortly after applying brakes, the airplane swerved to the right and nosed over. ## Factual narrative On July 20, 2001, about 2045 Mountain daylight time, a tailwheel-equipped Cessna 150, N10RH, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a nose over while landing at McCarley Field, Blackfoot, Idaho. The airplane is owned by the pilot, and was being operated as a personal cross-country flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR part 91, when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The private pilot, and the one passenger aboard the aircraft, were not injured. The pilot submitted a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board dated July 29. He reported that shortly after touchdown (wheel landing) on runway 19, the airplane "… started turning to the left." He stated that he applied right rudder without response and then applied brakes. Shortly after applying brakes, the airplane swerved to the right and nosed over. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Nose over, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N10RH](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10RH), registered now, S/N 15066306, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150 - Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15066306 - Airframe hours: 1820 - Engines: Lycoming O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Wayne A. Trom - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, July 19, 2001, 2 hours before - Departed: S67, NAMPA, ID - Destination: U02, ID - Airport: U02, Mccarley Fld, runway 19, 4,300 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 54; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review October 30, 2000; seat: left; flight hours: 1,579 total, 24 in this make and model, 1,483 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20010720018689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010720018689A), Jul 20, 2001: Cessna 150G, Blackfoot, ID, No damage. (.19) On July 20, 2001, at 1909 mountain daylight time, a tailwheel-equipped Cessna 150, N10RH, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a nose over while… ## Other investigations on N10RH (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CHI08CA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA084), Feb 16, 2008: Cessna 150G (N10RH), Viroqua, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining directional control during the landing and the ground loop the pilot encountered. A factor was the crosswind. ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 30, 2002, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=52809. 438 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 438 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40473146&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.