- Date
- February 28, 1993, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blaine, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6059JCessna A150LUNREGQuad City Challenger I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930228020831A
- Case key
- 15727
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot of the Cessna 150, N6059J, and the pilot of the challenger to see and avoid each other.
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
Both airplanes had entered the traffic pattern for landing. The pilot of the Cessna 150, N6059J, stated that he had reported his location and intention to enter the upwind leg of rwy 17 when he was 2 mi nw of the airport. When the Cessna 150 was about mid-field, another airplane, a Piper archer, announced he was also on the upwind leg of rwy 17. The Cessna pilot reported to the Piper pilot that he had him in sight. The pilot of the homebuilt challenger recounts reporting on the radio 3 mi east of the airport, and then again entering 45 deg to the downwind leg of rwy 17.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6059J
- Reported as
- Cessna A150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A 1 500 359
- Airframe hours
- 3,567
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph K. Brough
- Registered owner
- Joseph K. Brough
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 8, 1992 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- ANE · Minneapolis, MN
- Airport
- ANE · Anoka County, runway 17, 4,856 × 100 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.
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Quad City Challenger I (CHALLENGER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0391-0338
- Engine
- Hirth 2703, 55 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 103
- Operator
- Robert M. Johnson
- Registered owner
- Robert M. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 25D · Forest Lake, MN
- Airport
- ANE · Anoka County, runway 17, 4,856 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N6059J
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 260 in this make and model · 672 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft 2
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,150 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 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 N6059J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.