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Cessna 150H N23471

10 May 1997 · New Castle, Delaware, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 May 1997 at about 15:13 local time, a Cessna 150H registered N23471, operated by SKI Safety, Inc., was involved in an accident near New Castle, Delaware, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 15:13
Classification
Accident
Location
New Castle, Delaware, United States
Nearest airport
New Castle County Airport (ILG)
Coordinates
39.6595, -75.5709
Aircraft
Cessna 150H
Registration
N23471
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
SKI Safety, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Middletown → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC97LA093

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A contributing factor was the gusty wind conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During an attempted go-around to runway 27, the aircraft drifted left and the left wing and nose struck the grass median south of the runway. The reported winds were 290 degrees, at 18 knots, gusting to 22 knots. The pilot had 91 hours of flight time.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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