Cessna 150 N8685S

Summary

On 4 June 2019 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N8685S was involved in an accident near Renton, Washington, 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

4 June 2019 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Renton, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Renton Muni (RNT)

Coordinates

47.4931, -122.2158

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N8685S

Category

Airplane

Year built

1965

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Seattle → Seattle

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA313

Nobody was injured.

The pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain directional control and his overapplication of right rudder and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during the landing, which resulted in a ground-loop.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, after landing, the airplane veered left. In an attempt to correct back to centerline, the pilot receiving instruction applied full right rudder. The instructor immediately applied full left rudder and brake to prevent a ground-loop, but the airplane ground looped to the right, the left main landing gear collapsed, and the left wing impacted the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The instructor reported that a Federal Aviation Administration inspector examined the airplane's systems and found no anomalies. The airport's automated weather observation station reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was variable at 3 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 34.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.