- Date
- March 29, 1986, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tioga, ND
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N51156Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860329008159A
- Case key
- 16941
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt dept minot, ND, with his son aboard, for a pvt airstrip near his home of windrose, ND. He said because of high winds he landed at Tioga, ND. He said that while taxiing after landing strong gusty winds flipped his acft upside down. The acft was substantially damaged and his son received serious head injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51156
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069801
- Airframe hours
- 3,043
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald Carl Tangsrud
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 1, 1985 · 104 hours before
- Departed
- MOT · Minot, ND
- Airport
- D60 · Tioga Municipal, runway 30, 4,200 × 60 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 221 in this make and model · 187 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 40 knots, gusting 60
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.