# NTSB DEN84LA020: Cessna 150M, N6141K, Hillsboro, ND, November 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 1, 1983, 22:00 local (Nov 2, 1983, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Hillsboro, ND
- Coordinates: 47.40073, -97.05912 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4007&lon=-97.0591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16287
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16287/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA020

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - turn to reverse direction
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT ENCOUNTERED FOG IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF AT ABOUT 150 AGL. THE PLT LOOKED BACK & COULD STILL SEE THE RWY LIGHTS, HE THEN BEGAN A DESCENDING RT TURN TO THE RWY TO LAND. DURING THIS DESCENDING TURN, THE RT WING HIT THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6141K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6141K-1984-03-29), registration cancelled 1984-03-29, S/N 15077549 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (registry code 2071802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077549
- Airframe hours: 1465
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Traill Aero Club, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 14, 1983, 43 hours before
- Destination: FAR, FARGO, ND
- Airport: 5ND6, Hillsboro Municipal, runway 34, 3,300 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 58 total, 48 in this make and model, 37 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FAR, 28 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831101059299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831101059299A), Nov 1, 1983: Cessna 150M, Hillsboro, ND, Destroyed. Student departed at night into a fog bank. Dragged a wing turning back. Airplane cartwheeled and stopped inverted.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.