Cessna 150 N7769E

Summary

On 3 January 2023 at about 23:04 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N7769E, operated by Edwards Samuel T, was involved in an accident near Yukon, Oklahoma, 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

3 January 2023 at 23:04

Classification

Accident

Location

Yukon, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Clarence E. Page-Cimmaron-Yuko (RCE)

Coordinates

35.4887, -97.8213

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N7769E

Category

Airplane

Year built

1959

Engines

1

Operator

Edwards Samuel T

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CEN23LA075

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that while practicing stop-and-go landings on runway 35L in a tailwheel-equipped airplane, the airplane touched down, rolled a few feet, and then veered to the left. The pilot “immediately put in right rudder” to bring the airplane back to runway centerline. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted in the grass. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, and right wing. After the accident, the pilot said that he “hit the brakes too hard” when the airplane departed the side of the runway. In a separate written statement, the pilot stated that perhaps a gust of wind struck the tail during the landing roll out. Reported wind at the time of the accident was from 300° at 7 knots. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.