- Date
- April 6, 1987, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cando, ND
- Injuries
- 2 minor; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4069XAero Commander 100-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870406010429A
- Case key
- 17191
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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
The acft attempted landing and on short final, the plt recognized a pickup truck obstructing the rwy near midfield. A go around was attempted resulting in an inadvertant stall. The left wing dipped, struck the rwy, and skidded into the vehicle. The acft and vehicle left the rwy coming the rest on the sod area left on the rwy. Another acft attempting to land prior to the accident had to go around while the same vehicle blocked the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4069X
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 100-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5109
- Airframe hours
- 612
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Delbert D. Lewallen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1986
- Airport
- 9D7 · Cando, runway 12, 2,750 × 65 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 49 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 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.