- Date
- April 23, 1986, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Gregory, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N16047Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860423013429A
- Case key
- 13452
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The CFI stated that the purpose of the flight was to look at property and give a bfr to his dual student. The aircraft struck wires while on approach to runway 23 at the smith farm airport. The CFI stated this accident could have been prevented had he used a steeper approach and if the wires were identified with a red ball or streamer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16047
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073439
- Airframe hours
- 4,138
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Plymouth Flight Training, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1985 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- 69G · Gregory, MI
- Destination
- MI59 · Gregory, MI
- Airport
- RLA · Smith Farm, runway 23, 2,140 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 64
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 530 in this make and model · 7,800 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JXN, 19 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.
Other investigations on N16047 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.