# Accident 20020606011449A: Cessna 150C, Minneapolis, MN, June 6, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2002, 14:00 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Anoka County-Blaine Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8792° N, 93.2201° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8792&lon=-93.2201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7821Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7821Z-2002-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150C (registry code 2071808, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150C
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020606011449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N7821Z, A CESSNA 150 WAS VFR DURING LANDING PILOT EXPERIENCED CROSS WIND AND HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT. WITNESS SAID AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO FLARE OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT NOSED INTO RUNWAY 18, AND BURNED. TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD ESCAPED WITH NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT TOTALLY DESTROYED. ALL PILOT LOG BOOKS, PILOT MEDICAL AND CERTIFICATE WERE TOTALLY DESTROYED. (.19) ON JUNE 6, 2002, AT 1400 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150C, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING ROLL AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE ON RUNWAY 18 (4,855 FEET BY 100 FEET, ASPHALT) AT THE ANOKA COUNTRY - BLAINE AIRPORT (ANE), MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE LITCHFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LJF), LITCHFIELD, MINNESOTA, AT 1315, AND WAS EN ROUTE TO ANE.

## 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 CHI02LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA153), Jun 6, 2002: Cessna 150C (N7821Z), Minneapolis, MN, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare resulting in the hard landing.

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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