- Date
- April 6, 1985, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Beulah, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66387Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850406014969A
- Case key
- 16663
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he encountered turbulence and gusty winds on landing approach to runway 28. He said his speed was fast to compensate for these conditions but that he did not use a crosswind landing technique because the winds had calmed down. The pilot said that as he flared the airplane for landing, a gust of wind from the right raised the right wing. The airplane went off the left side of the runway into a soft stubble field and overturned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66387
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-76011
- Airframe hours
- 205
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Killdeer Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 1984
- Departed
- 9Y1 · Killdeer, ND
- Destination
- 95D · Beulah, ND
- Airport
- 95D · Beulah, runway 28, 3,500 × 50 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,559 total · 210 in this make and model · 2,534 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DIK, 70 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.