# NTSB CHI84LA407: Cessna 150M, N6106K, Clio, MI, September 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 26, 1984, 21:10 local (Sep 27, 1984, 01:10 UTC)
- Place: Clio, MI
- Coordinates: 43.17049, -83.729583 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1705&lon=-83.7296&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12788
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA407
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12788/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA407

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway edge lights - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
  - proper assistance - misjudged, fbo personnel (cause)
  - terrain condition - ditch
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command(cfi)
  - , pilot in command(cfi)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command(cfi)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE AIRPORT CONSISTS OF THREE SOD STRIPS NONE OF WHICH CONTAINS RWY LIGHTS. THE CFI AND STUDENT DEPARTED THE ARPT FOR A LOCAL NIGHT FLIGHT. THE CFI STATED THAT UPON RETURNING TO THE ARPT HE CALLED THE ARPT OFFICE ON THE UNICOM FREQ AND REQUESTED THE NIGHT DISPATCHER TO DRIVE OUT AND ILLUMINATE THE APPROACH END OF THE RWY SO THAT HE COULD LAND. THE CFI CIRCLED THE ARPT AND SAW THE VEHICLE NEAR THE RWY WITH THE HEADLIGHTS POINTED IN THE DIRECTION OF LANDING. THE CFI CONTINUED TO STATE THAT THERE WERE NO GROUND FEATURES VISIBLE BECAUSE IT WAS DARK. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE ILLIMINATED AREA ON A NORTHERLY HEADING AND HE ASSUMED HE WAS ON RWY 36. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT WENT INTO A SOYBEAN FIELD AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. AFTER THE ACCIDENT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DISPATCHER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT ILLUMINATING THE APPROACH END OF RWY 36 BUT INSTEAD WAS ILLUMINATING AN AREA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF RWYS 21 AND 32.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6106K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6106K-2013-08-20), registration cancelled 2013-08-20, S/N 15077528, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077528
- Airframe hours: 2222
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert Swartwood
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 26, 1984, 18 hours before
- Airport: 51G, Cagney, runway 36, 1,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 3,741 total, 958 in this make and model, 3,658 as pilot in command, 147 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FNT, 11 nm away

## 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 19840926062519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840926062519A), Sep 26, 1984: Cessna 150M, Clio, MI, Substantial damage. Landed with car lights as a reference point. Ran thru field struck ditch. Car was not positioned as instructed.

## Other investigations on N6106K (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 CHI96LA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA254), Jul 25, 1996: Cessna 150 (N6106K), Dubuque, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: inadequate airspeed and the student pilot's failure to perform a recovery from the bounced landing. Factors associated with the accident were the crosswind and the student's over compensation for the…

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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