Crash location | 33.535833°N, 84.636666°W |
Nearest city | Palmetto, GA
33.517891°N, 84.669655°W 2.3 miles away |
Tail number | N5843E |
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Accident date | 06 Feb 2007 |
Aircraft type | Cessna C150 |
Additional details: | None |
According to the student pilot he was on left downwind for runway 27 at 2000 feet msl. He stated that he "turned base and final with nothing amiss. After I flared and before I touched down, I was caught off guard by a cross wind that turned the airplane to the left. I did not have enough airspeed to correct and struck brush and saplings on [the] left side of the runway."
Examination of the airplane by an FAA Inspector found that the airplane had struck trees and a ditch damaging the engine mounts and firewall, wrinkling the fuselage and separating the right wing tip. There were no mechanical problems reported by the pilot or discovered during the post-accident examination of the airplane.
The pilot's inadequate compensation for a crosswind during the landing flare, which resulted in a loss of control and an in-flight collision with objects. A factor associated with the accident was a crosswind.