- Date
- March 3, 1985, 18:00 local (Mar 4, 1985, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Keokuk, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N51004Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850303007019A
- Case key
- 33918
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While taxiing for t/o on a sod rwy, gusting winds flipped the C-150 over after it became bogged down in the soft terrain. The plt was aware of the gusting wind conditions but was not expecting to get the a/c stuck, even though the pilot was aware it had rained hard the day before. The plt stated that he chose the wet sod instead of the asphalt rwy the head more into the strong winds of 20 plus knots from 250 degs. The sod rwy was 27 & the hard surface was rwy 31. He also said that he thought the 'acft would have been able to handle the cross wind.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51004
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069703
- Engine
- Lycoming O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Victor Ahlberg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- EOK · Keokuk, IA
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,889 total · 2,750 in this make and model · 2,750 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BRL, 18 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.