- Date
- October 30, 1990, 14:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- La Crosse, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7641GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901030047669A
- Case key
- 14949
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual outlook by the PIC.
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
After landing, and being asked by the local controller if he was familiar with the airport, and replying yes, the aircraft struck a light pole adjacent to the transient parking ramp. The pvt plt said that because of the bright sunlight and brown colored post, without caution markings, he failed to see the post and avoid the collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7641G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074709
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mercier, Gerald E.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- Y12 · Lakeville, MN
- Airport
- LSE · La Crosse
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 388 total · 319 in this make and model · 388 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.