- Date
- May 16, 1987, 12:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Birchwood, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66286Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870516016009A
- Case key
- 4774
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The pilot-in-command failed to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. It nosed over during a ground loop.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Nose over
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66286
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075976
- Airframe hours
- 3,296
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Francis Schoonmaker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 9, 1987 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- Lake George, AK
- Destination
- Z15 · Chugiak, AK
- Airport
- Z15 · Birchwood, runway 1, 4,010 × 100 ft, asphalt
N66286Registration cancelled Aug 4, 2011 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 547 total · 199 in this make and model · 516 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N66286 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.