# NTSB DEN86LA106: Cessna 150J, N51156, Tioga, ND, March 29, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 29, 1986, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Tioga, ND
- Coordinates: 48.39067, -102.930206 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3907&lon=-102.9302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16941
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA106
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16941/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA106

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - gusts (cause)
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51156), registered now, S/N 15069801 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069801
- Airframe hours: 3043
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860329008159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860329008159A), Mar 29, 1986: Cessna 150J, Tioga, ND, Substantial damage. During taxi, winds of 40, gusting to 60 knots blew the aircraft onto its back. Winds forecasted to be 20 to 30 KTS.

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.

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