N1791Q – CESSNA 150L – 2012-10-21 NTSB Accident Report

On October 21, 2012, a Cessna 150L (N1791Q) was involved in an incident near Seneca Falls, NY. All 2 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot’s inadequate compensation for wind conditions during landing, which resulted in an impact with a drainage ditch.

The pilot stated that he did not obtain any preflight weather briefing for the local flight. At the time of departure the wind was from 270 degrees at 9 knots, and after being airborne for about 1 hour 15 minutes, the wind picked up to 270 degrees at 17 knots with gusts to 28 knots. At that time he elected to return to the departure airport, and selected to land on the grass runway designated 28. He executed a normal traffic pattern, and on final approach with 20 degrees of flaps extended maintained 70 miles-per-hour. About the point he was “rounding out” a wind gust occurred raising the left wing. He immediately applied left aileron and right rudder inputs, and leveled the wings, but at that time the airplane had drifted to the left.

This incident is documented in NTSB report ERA13CA051. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N1791Q.