Cessna 150F N8312G
29 August 2009 · Abilene, Kansas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 August 2009 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8312G, operated by Estol L. Bathurst, was involved in an accident near Abilene, Kansas, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 21:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Abilene, Kansas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Abilene Municipal (K78)
- Coordinates
- 38.9039, -97.2358
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150F
- Registration
- N8312G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Estol L. Bathurst
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Abilene → Abilene
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN09CA552
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate crosswind landing technique, resulting in an excessive side load on the left landing gear that led to an overload failure of its axle.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot said that while landing the tailwheel-equipped airplane on runway 35 with a north-northeast wind of 8 mph, he failed to lower the right wing into the wind. The wind raised the right wing while he was using left rudder. The airplane swerved to the east and the left wheel broke off. The airplane then nosed down, buckling the firewall. Federal Aviation Administration inspectors who examined the airplane reported the left axle bore a fracture surface consistent with an overload failure.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 27 Apr 2009 | Cessna 150K | Waycross, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 13 Jun 2009 | Cessna 150H | Lawrenceville, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 10,427 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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