# NTSB CHI87FA060: Cessna 150L, N6965G, Lakeview, MI, December 30, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 30, 1986, 16:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place: Lakeview, MI
- Coordinates: 43.440547, -85.269523 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4405&lon=-85.2695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13628
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87FA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13628/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87FA060

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ostentatious display, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - spiral - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT BUZZING A FARM WHERE A FRIEND OF THE PILOT RESIDED. FOLLOWING A LOW PASS, THE AIRCRAFT PULLED UP INTO A STEEP, LEFT CLIMBING TURN. AT THE TOP OF THE CLIMB, THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT SPIRALED INTO THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6965G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6965G-1989-09-14), registration cancelled 1989-09-14, S/N 15072465 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15072465
- Airframe hours: 3178
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Raymond B. Schwandt
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 6, 1986

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 81 total, 81 in this make and model, 53 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,800 ft overcast
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GRR, 42 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 19861230069849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861230069849A), Dec 30, 1986: Cessna STC150, Lakeview, MI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Buzzed a farm house, pulled up steeply. Stalled and spun in to the ground.

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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