# NTSB CHI87LA031: Cessna 150F, N6442F, Nicollet, MN, November 16, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 16, 1986, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Nicollet, MN
- Coordinates: 44.270881, -94.180511 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2709&lon=-94.1805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13697
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13697/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA031

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6442F-1989-12-19), registration cancelled 1989-12-19, S/N 15063042 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063042
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861116056169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861116056169A), Nov 16, 1986: Cessna 150F, Nicollet, MN, Destroyed. The aircraft struck a roadsign when the pilot lost directional control. Low time pilot attempted takeoff from road.

## Other investigations on N6442F (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 DEN68D0104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68D0104), Oct 4, 1967: Cessna 150 (N6442F), Las Cruces, NM, 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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