- Date
- November 16, 1986, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nicollet, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6442FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861116056169A
- Case key
- 13697
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt experienced fuel exhaustion and made an emergency forced landing. With the help of a farmer he refueled the acft and got it to nearby highway 14, where he attempted to takeoff while state police provided road blocks. While on takeoff, the plt lost directional control and the acft hit a road sign with the left wing, which spun it 180 degrees and into a nearby field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6442F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063042
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gearld C. Duchaine Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 23, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Destination
- MKT · Mankato, MN
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 94 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 29 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 N6442F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.