- Date
- April 17, 1988, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pinconning, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6126GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880417012359A
- Case key
- 14064
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane collided with a hangar and a tree during an attempted go-around at gross airport. The pilot stated that he flared too high and failed to correct the left yaw when he added power. The resultant flight path was directly into trees which he felt he would not have cleared, so he pushed the nose over, impacted the ground collapsing the nose gear,and slid 20 to 30 feet. The left wing struck the corner of a hangar, and the right wing struck a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6126G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071626
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Diehl, David L.
- Registered owner
- David L Diehl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1987 · 155 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Maple Rapids, MI
- Airport
- 521 · Gross, runway 27, 2,530 × 100 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 80 in this make and model · 55 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.