Cessna 150L N66006

Summary

On 8 November 2009 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N66006, operated by Galion Air Inc., was involved in an accident near Galion, Ohio, 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

8 November 2009 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Galion, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Galion (GQQ)

Coordinates

40.7531, -82.7208

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N66006

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Galion Air Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Galion → Galion

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10CA048

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

A student pilot performed two landings at the airport with a flight instructor aboard the airplane before the student pilot attempted a solo landing on runway 23. Upon touchdown during the solo flight, the airplane turned into the wind and veered off the left side of the runway where it struck a visual approach slope indicator. The wind was reportedly from 170 degrees at 5 knots at the time of the accident. Examination of the airplane revealed that flaps were fully extended. The airplane sustained substantial damage to airframe underlying the main landing gear attachment.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.