# Accident 20160830015489A: Cessna 150L, Upham, ND, August 30, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2016, 20:35 local time
- Place: Upham, ND
- Airport: Rosenau
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.5822° N, 100.8497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5822&lon=-100.8497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18601, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18601-2018-03-12) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 292 total, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA350) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160830015489A

## Narrative

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

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES PIC DECIDED TO GO FOR AN EVENING FLIGHT. LENGTH OF FLIGHT IS UNKNOWN. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PRIVATE FARM STRIP. UPON RETURN AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RIVER BANK SHORT OF RUNWAY. IMPACT POINT WAS 6 FEET BELOW RUNWAY ELEVATION. AIRCRAFT WENT INVERTED AND TRAVELED 42 FEET COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.

## 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 CEN16LA350](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA350), Aug 31, 2016: Cessna 150L (N18601), Upham, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain a proper aimpoint during landing due to reduced visibility from the setting sun.

## Other reports on N18601 (1)

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

- [Incident 20001016031579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001016031579I), Oct 16, 2000: Cessna 150L (N18601), Box Elder, SD. (-23)After 2.8 hr. Cross-country flight from minot, ND (MOT0 to rapid city, SD (rap) in VFR conditions, the pilot initiated a descent from 6,500 MSL to 4,500…

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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