- Date
- April 9, 1987, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6039KCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870409010439A
- Case key
- 13752
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt lost directional control, swerved off the rwy and struck an acft that was parked approx 80 ft from the rwy. There was no evidence of a system malfunction or failure. The wind as reported by the plt at the time of the accident was calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6039K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077489
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J. Meyer
- Registered owner
- James R. Meyer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 19, 1986 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- 1C1 · Paxton, IL
- Destination
- 0C1 · Pontiac, IL
- Airport
- 0C1 · Pontiac Municipal, runway 27, 2,500 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 71
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 72 total · 72 in this make and model · 53 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N6039K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.