- Date
- March 28, 1986, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salina, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6306SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860328008519A
- Case key
- 21893
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A night shift worker was returning home in the early morning hours. Crossing the grand river dam near salinas ok. He saw a flash or glint of metal and a large splash near the middle of the widest part of the lake. Examination of the wreckage indicated that the aircraft impacted the water in a shallow descent. The engine was running. The nose wheel contacted the water first and the aircraft pitched nose down, disappearing immediately. The student pilot/owner was not wearing his seatbelt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6306S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067106
- Airframe hours
- 3,766
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack Ward
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1985 · 832 hours before
- Departed
- H71 · Pryor Creek, OK
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,978 total · 50 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 36 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.