# NTSB CHI80DEP16: Cessna 150, N6747F, Eau Claire, WI, February 9, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 9, 1980
- Place: Eau Claire, WI · EAU CLAIRE, WI
- Location: 44.8113° N, 91.4985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eau Claire, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8113&lon=-91.4985&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 1, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132244
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80DEP16
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEP16

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0089   80/2/9  NR.EAU CLAIRE,WI      CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 41, 23 TOTAL
        TIME - 1600                    N6747F              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MERTINKE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         EAU CLAIRE,WI                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6747F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6747F-2013-05-02), registration cancelled 2013-05-02, S/N 15063347, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mertinke

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800209002899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800209002899A), Feb 9, 1980: Cessna 150F, Eau Claire, WI, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft on a bounce landing. Aircraft veered off runway, overturned.

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.

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