# Accident 19960419007879A: Cessna 150F, Mackinac Island, MI, April 19, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1996, 12:30 local time
- Place: Mackinac Island, MI
- Airport: Mackinac Island Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8508° N, 84.6194° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8508&lon=-84.6194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6824F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6824F-1999-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960419007879A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENCOUNTERED FOG OVER LAKE. LOST CONTROL. SPIRAL DIVE INTO LAKE. (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ST. IGNACE, MI FOR A 4 MILE FLIGHT TO MACKINAL ISLAND AND FLEW INTO IMC AND MADE CONTACT WITH WATER APPROX. 100 FT FROM ISLAND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96FA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA139), Apr 19, 1996: Cessna 150F (N6824F), Mackinac Island, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the student pilot iniating VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions which led to a loss of aircraft control. A factor was the fog.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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