Cessna 150 N554SP

Summary

On 16 March 2008 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N554SP, operated by Idabel Broken Bow Paris Flying Club, was involved in an accident near Idabell, Oklahoma, United States. One person was 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

16 March 2008 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Idabell, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

33.9056, -94.8556

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N554SP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Idabel Broken Bow Paris Flying Club

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Idabel → Idabell

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW08CA083

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. Factors contributing to the accident are high and gusting winds.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot overflew the runway, and checked the automated weather reporting station for the airport. The pilot stated that the station was reporting 27 to 35-knots sustained winds with gusts from 40 to 45-knots. The pilot then landed on runway 02 (a 5,000-foot by 75-foot asphalt runway) with 0-degrees of flaps. He added that during the flare, a gust of wind "picked-up" the right side of the airplane and subsequently the airplane dropped to the runway. Examination of the airplane revealed that the fuselage just aft of the engine mount attachment point was buckled.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.