# Accident 19960817028622A: Cessna 150M, Traverse City, MI, August 17, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1996, 12:05 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7596° N, 85.7001° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7596&lon=-85.7001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9352U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9352U-2012-11-14) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960817028622A

## Narrative

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

ON RUNUP PAD WING WAS STRUCK BY PROP OFF N2406C THAT WAS TAXIING TO PAD. HAD FAILED TO S TURN TO SEE BEYOND NOSE. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS IN RUNUP AREA FOR RUNWAY 18 WHEN N2406C TAXIED INTO IT AND STRUCK LEFT WING TIP AREA WITH ITS PROP. CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT OUTBOARD WING.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N2406C, Cessna 180: [Accident 19960817028621A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960817028621A)

## 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 CHI96LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA304), Aug 17, 1996: Cessna 150M (N9352U), Traverse City, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot of the Cessna 180, N2406C, to maintaining proper spacing from the Cessna 150M, N9352U. A factor relating to this accident was the Cessna 180 pilot's diverted attention.

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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