- Date
- January 23, 1986, 22:30 local (Jan 24, 1986, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bancroft, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7595UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860123001109A
- Case key
- 34132
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Analysis
The plt became disoriented on a night, VFR flt and landed at an arpt to determine his location. The unattended arpt did not have a phone so the plt tookoff again enroute to his original dest. He became disoriented a second time and, because the acft was running low on fuel, he decided to land in a snow covered field near a small town. The snow was deep and crusted and the acft nosed over during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7595U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077761
- Airframe hours
- 3,054
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Great Lakes Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 18, 1985 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- D40 · St. James, MN
- Destination
- SPW · Spencer, IA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 77 total · 64 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCW, 405 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.