# NTSB FTW86FA054: Cessna 150G, N6306S, Salina, OK, March 28, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1986, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Salina, OK
- Coordinates: 36.289615, -95.150451 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2896&lon=-95.1505&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21893
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86FA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21893/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FA054

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6306S-2011-03-07), registration cancelled 2011-03-07, S/N 15067106, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067106
- Airframe hours: 3766
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860328008519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860328008519A), Mar 28, 1986: Cessna 150G, Salina, OK, Destroyed. The aircraft stalled and struck the water during low level operations. Pilot was reportedly dyslectic.

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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