# Accident 19960518026489A: Cessna 150M, Mcgregor, MN, May 18, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1996, 12:15 local time
- Place: Mcgregor, MN
- Airport: Isedor Iverson Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5995° N, 93.3007° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5995&lon=-93.3007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3750V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3750V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 407 total, 300 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960518026489A

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING. PILOT REPORTED NOSE WHEEL HIT SOFT SPOT. FOLDED. BENT PROP MOTOR MOUNT WING SPAR. NO HOLES ON RUNWAY. (-23) ON LANDING PILOT STATED THE NOSE WHEEL HIT A SOFT SPOT AND DOUBLED BACK UNDER FUSELAGE. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT; HOLE IN FUSELAGE LOWER AFT OF FIREWALL, ENGINE MOUNT MEMBER BROKEN THAT NOSE WHEEL GEAR ATTACHED TO, BOTH PROP TIPS BENT AFT, LOWER ENGINE COWL DAMAGED, PROP SPINNER DAMAGED, NOSE GEAR STEERING MECHANISM BENT AND BROKEN, FUEL STRAINER GASCOLATOR BRACKED DAMAGED AND FUEL LINE KINKED, RIGHT WING TIP AND LEADING EDGE SKIN BENT AND DAMAGED. SUSPECT MAIN SPAR DAMAGE AT THE OUTBOARD END. WHILE FAA INVESTIGATED AT FIELD, INSPECTOR WALKED THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 33 AND DID NOTE SOME SOFT SPOTS AND STANDING WATER ON RUNWAY IN LOW SPOTS.

## 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 CHI96LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA166), May 18, 1996: Cessna 150 (N3750V), Mcgregor, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the nose gear collapsed when it hit a soft spot in the runway.

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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