Cessna 150L N1791Q

Summary

On 21 October 2012 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N1791Q, operated by Finger Lakes Flying Service, was involved in an accident near Seneca Falls, New York, 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

21 October 2012 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Seneca Falls, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Finger Lakes Regional Airport (0G7)

Coordinates

42.8836, -76.7811

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N1791Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Finger Lakes Flying Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Seneca Falls → Seneca Falls

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13CA051

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadequate compensation for wind conditions during landing, which resulted in an impact with a drainage ditch.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he did not obtain a preflight weather briefing before the local flight. At the time of departure the wind was from 270 degrees at 9 knots; however, the pilot reported that after being airborne for about 1 hour 15 minutes, the wind velocity at the airport had increased to 17 knots with gusts to 28 knots. When the pilot returned to the departure airport, he decided to land on the grass runway designated 28. He said that he flew a normal traffic pattern, and as he was flaring to land, a wind gust raised the left wing. He immediately applied left aileron and right rudder inputs and leveled the wings, but the airplane drifted to the left. The left main landing gear went into a ditch and the left wingtip was substantially damaged when it contacted the corn crop adjacent to the runway. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane or systems that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.