- Date
- September 25, 1988, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Baraboo, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N381VUCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880925040179A
- Case key
- 14169
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing on a sod strip with an 11 knot quartering tailwind, the aircraft drifted to the left of the runway and encountered uneven terrain. The pilot reported that he failed to maintain directional control and was unable to avoid a ditch with standing water in it. The aircraft struck the ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N381VU
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063201
- Airframe hours
- 5,410
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Schlieckau, George C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 9, 1987 · 248 hours before
- Departed
- C35 · Reedsburg, WI
- Destination
- C85 · Baraboo, WI
- Airport
- C85 · Baraboo, runway 14, 2,715 × 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
- 84
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 30 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.