SUNRAY, TX, USA
N22024
CESSNA 150H
DURING INITIAL CLIMB, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 8 TO 10 FT AGL, THE STUDENT PLT REPORTED EXPERIENCING 'TURBULENCE LIKE A DOWN DRAFT' & THE ACFT SETTLED BACK TO THE RWY. BELIEVING THAT INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINED TO CLEAR APPROACHING POWER LINES, THE PLT INTENTIONALLY SWERVED THE ACFT OFF THE RWY. IT ENTERED A SOFT, PLOWED FLD ADJACENT TO THE RWY & NOSED OVER FOLLOWING COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE LOCAL WIND SPEED WAS 2 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 15 KTS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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