- Date
- February 11, 1983, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mauston, WI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6126TCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830211003699A
- Case key
- 12085
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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.
Analysis
The acft collided with a frozen lake during a low pass while sight seeing. The pilot stated that he dropped down to 250 feet AGL to see if anyone was fishing and hit a downdraft. The acft descended and made contact with the snow and ice covered lake. The pilot also said if the passenger had a shoulder harness on (which was not installed) that he would not have been injured. The passenger broke his jaw on the instrument panel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6126T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60826
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wojtkunski, Michael D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 88C · Palmyra, WI
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 282 total · 200 in this make and model · 282 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.