# NTSB CHI83LA405: Cessna 150L, N6826G, Halstad, MN, September 1, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 1, 1983, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place: Halstad, MN
- Location: 47.3511° N, 96.8257° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Halstad, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3511&lon=-96.8257&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12327
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA405
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12327/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA405

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - wind information - not identified, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED LONG AND COLLIDED WITH AN EMBANKMENT AT A PRIVATE FARM STRIP. THE PILOT STATED HE LANDED ON RWY 35 AND THE WIND WAS FROM 170 DEGREES AT 5-10 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6826G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6826G), registered now, S/N 15072326 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15072328
- Airframe hours: 4169
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert J. Krag
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 3, 1982
- Departed: FAR, FARGO, ND
- Destination: Y61, HALSTAD, MN
- Airport: Y61, Wiese Farm, runway 35, 2,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 515 total, 241 in this make and model, 411 as pilot in command, 243 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 5 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## 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 19830901049119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830901049119A), Sep 1, 1983: Cessna 150L, Halstad, MN, Substantial damage. Landed long on wet grass, private strip. Ran into an embankment at end of the strip.

## Other investigations on N6826G (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 CHI71DEE81](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71DEE81), Jun 2, 1971: Cessna 150L (N6826G), Northbrook, IL, substantial damage

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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