COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, USA
N9282U
CESSNA C-150M
STUDENT PLT DEPARTED ON SUPERVISED SOLO FLT. LATER, INSTRUCTOR NOTED WIND CONDITIONS AT THE AIRPORT HAD BECOME UNFAVORABLE & ADVISED PLT BY RADIO TO DIVERT TO A SPECIFIC ALTERNATE WHERE WINDS CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE. PLT DISREGARDED ADVICE, PROCEEDED TO AIRPORT OF ORIGIN AND LANDED IN STRONG, GUSTY X-WIND. ACFT DRIFTED OFF DOWNWIND SIDE OFRWY, COLLIDED WITH A DITCH AND NOSED OVER. OMAHA, NB, (6 MILES NNW) REPORTED WINDS GUSTING TO 25 KTS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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