# Accident 20010813020519A: Cessna 150L, Salcha, AL, August 13, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2001, 10:30 local time
- Place: Salcha, AL
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N11361, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11361-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010813020519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 13, 2001 AT 1030 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT, MR. DONALD BUNSELMEIER, MADE SEVERAL LOW PASSES OVER A REMOTE GRAVEL BAR LANDING STRIP TO ESTIMATE THE LENGTH OF THE LANDING AREA. THE GRAVEL BAR, ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 450' LONG AND 50' WIDE, HAD A SMALL DITCH OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF IT. AS MR. BUNSELMEIER WAS LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE ROLLED INTO THE DITCH AND PULLED THE AIRCRAFT OFF TO THE RIGHT RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE, PROPELLER, AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. MR. BUNSELMEIER FRACTURED HIS WRIST AND THE PASSENGER, HIS 13 YEAR OLD SON, DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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