Cessna 150L N19218

Summary

On 20 June 2001 at about 02:30 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N19218 was involved in an accident near Port Townsend, Washington, 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.

Date

20 June 2001 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Port Townsend, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Jefferson County Intl (0S9)

Coordinates

48.0294, -122.8392

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N19218

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Langley → Port Townsend

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA01LA120

Nobody was injured.

An improper decision by the pilot to initiate an evasive maneuver toward the ground at low altitude, resulting in a hard landing. A factor was the aircraft's low altitude.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that while on short final, over the numbers and approximately 100 feet above ground level, another aircraft passed close to him on a right-to-left crossing path. The other aircraft reported to have been involved was not identified. The pilot stated that he initiated a dive to evade the other aircraft, resulting in a hard landing which damaged the aircraft's tail. Unable to contact the aircraft operator for guidance due to lack of cell phone coverage, the pilot elected to fly the aircraft back to its home base despite the damage, and operated the aircraft on two successive flights back to the aircraft's home base. On the flight immediately following the initial hard landing, on an approach to a 1,750-foot-long runway with a 10- to 12-MPH crosswind, the aircraft experienced a second hard landing after which personnel at that airport reported observing substantial damage to the aircraft's horizontal stabilizer and aft fuselage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.