- Date
- July 21, 1986, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Allegan, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6768FCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860721034239A
- Case key
- 13489
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Grass steip measures 1800 feet by 45 feet. Seven-foot tall corn stalks surround both sides of airstrip. The aircraft veered off center, to the left, during touchdown. Left wing contacted corn stalks, causing aircraft to cartwheel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6768F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063368
- Airframe hours
- 3,550
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- W. D. Vandenbrink
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 13, 1985
- Departed
- 35D · Allegan, MI
- Airport
- ML66 · Liechti, runway 9, 1,800 × 45 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 112 total · 27 in this make and model · 66 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 5° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AZO, 60 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.