- Date
- May 25, 1982, 17:15 local (May 26, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Chelan, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1921ZCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820525033489A
- Case key
- 70210
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during arrival, the wind sock provided little information since it had previously been torn by a wind storm. At wenatchee, WA, the wind was from 260 degrees at 16 gusting 22 KTS. The pilot reported that during a crosswind landing, the plane veered off the left side of the runway at about a 40 degree angle. After he departed the runway, he was unable to go-around or stop before hitting trees in an apple orchard. He estimated the orchard was 300 to 400 ft from the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1921Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059721
- Airframe hours
- 4,887
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Twenty One Zulu (Flying Club)
- Registered owner
- Twenty One Zulu (Flying Club)
- Departed
- EAT · Wenatchee, WA
- Destination
- Sugar Grove, IL
- Airport
- S1O · Chelan Municipal, runway 20, 3,650 × 50 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 186 total · 69 in this make and model · 196 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 16 knots
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.