Cessna 150F N8126S

Summary

On 30 May 2015 at about 20:07 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8126S was involved in an accident near Harlingen, Texas, 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

30 May 2015 at 20:07

Classification

Accident

Location

Harlingen, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Valley Intl (HRL)

Coordinates

26.2242, -97.6569

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N8126S

Category

Airplane

Year built

1966

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Harlingen → Harlingen

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA15CA104

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing with a crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the student pilot, he was practicing touch and go landings on his fifth solo flight. Two landings were completed on a runway with a direct headwind, but on the third landing air traffic control instructed him to land on an adjacent runway with a crosswind. The student pilot reported that he touched down with an appropriate crosswind technique, but during the landing roll the airplane began swerving to the left and he lost directional control. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed on the runway and the airplane came to rest upright on its nose and right wing. The reported winds at the airport about the time of the accident were from 110 degrees true at 16 knots, and the runway heading was 170 degrees.      The student pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and firewall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.