# Accident 20150907016429A: Cessna 150D, Gillam Strip, AK, September 7, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2015, 10:00 local time
- Place: Gillam Strip, AK
- Airport: Gillam Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.0158° N, 145.7269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.0158&lon=-145.7269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5947T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5947T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC15CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150907016429A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON UNAPPROVED STRIP AT GILLAM GLACIER OUTSIDE GLENALLEN, AK. PILOT REPORTED STRIP WAS NARROW AND ON LANDING HIT A BUMP AND BROKE THE RIGHT AXLE AND SKIDDED INTO THE BRUSH.

## 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 ANC15CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC15CA072), Sep 7, 2015: Cessna 150D (N5947T), Delta Junction, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilots decision to land on an unfamiliar, unimproved airstrip which resulted in a loss of control and runway excursion.

## Other reports on N5947T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850421015909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850421015909A), Apr 21, 1985: Cessna 150D (N5947T), Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. Returned for landing after instructional flight. On rollout nose wheel collapsed after sinking into soft spot.

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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