# NTSB CHI88LA098: Cessna 150K, N6126G, Pinconning, MI, April 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 17, 1988, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Pinconning, MI
- Coordinates: 43.850521, -83.960784 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8505&lon=-83.9608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14064
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14064/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA098

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - rudder - improper use of, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - building(nonresidential)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6126G-2013-07-02), registration cancelled 2013-07-02, S/N 15071626, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071626
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880417012359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880417012359A), Apr 17, 1988: Cessna 150K, Pinconning, MI, Substantial damage. Flared too high. Tried a go around. Trees in path. Made controlled impact with ground. Hit hangar and tree.

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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