# NTSB WPR24LA149: Cessna 150F, N3505L, Bonners Ferry, ID, May 13, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: May 13, 2024, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Bonners Ferry, ID · 48.7259722,-116.2951667 - Coordinates: 48.725972, -116.29516 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7260&lon=-116.2952&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 194257 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR24LA149 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194257/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194257 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA149 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing in gusting wind conditions. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 28 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on equipment; cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: lateral/bank control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062023): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062023/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 390 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062023/cases.md) - [Wind: gusts](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 1,199 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034045/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/sequence.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 319 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot reported that during the landing flare, the airplane encountered a gust of wind and landed hard. Subsequently, the right wing impacted the ground, and the airplane exited the right side runway before it came rest upright on the adjacent grass. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the student pilot was landing on runway 20 with wind from 180° at 6 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3505L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3505L), registered now, S/N 15062305, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F - Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15062305 - Year built: 1965 - Airframe hours: 6180.4 - Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Pilot Training Northwest LLC - Registered owner: Pilot Training Northwest LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, April 24, 2024, 6 hours before - Departed: KSZT, Sand Point, ID - Destination: 65S, Bonners Ferry, ID - Airport: 65S, Boundary County, runway 20, 4,002 × 75 ft - Equipment: ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Handheld GPS ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 30; injuries: minor; student; medical: class 3; seat: left; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 60 total, 30 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 8 knots, gusting 20 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 900 ft broken - Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 32 °F - METAR: 65S 132015Z AUTO 19008G20KT 140V230 10SM BKN090 BKN110 22/04 A2982 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE AND NW= ## 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 20240513005949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240513005949A), May 13, 2024: Cessna 150F, Bonners Ferry, ID, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed at bonner county airport (65S). Pilot encountered unanticipated wind gust on touchdown. Aircraft departed the runway, substantial damage… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 19, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194257. 6.6 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 5.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17515957&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20149_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Accident photo (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17515765&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photo-Rel.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. 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