# NTSB CHI86LA162: Cessna 150L, N19528, Int'L Falls, MN, June 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1986, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Int'L Falls, MN
- Coordinates: 48.580612, -93.399452 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5806&lon=-93.3995&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13479/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA162

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACFT STRUCK POWER LINES ON APPROACH TO PRIVATE AIRSTRIP. THE PLT STATED THAT AN AIR POCKET PULLED THE PLANE DOWN. WEATHER AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS, SIX MILES FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE, REPORTED WINDS AT 7 KTS WITH NO GUSTS. THE PLTS FLT TIME WAS NOT REPORTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19528](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19528-2018-03-12), registration cancelled 2018-03-12, S/N 15074473, built 1973 (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: 15074473
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lloyd Morrison
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: RLA, runway 36, 2,640 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, expired; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: INL, 6 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 19860629028219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860629028219A), Jun 29, 1986: Cessna 150L, International F, MN, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck unmarked powerline on final. Pilot reported a downdraft forced him into the wire.

## Other investigations on N19528 (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 MKC80DER28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DER28), Feb 2, 1980: Cessna 150L (N19528), Northome, MN, 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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