- Date
- October 5, 1986, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Peculiar, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6578SCessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861005049429A
- Case key
- 34310
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that the acft encountered a downdraft as he made his apch to land at his pvt strip. The wind was from 250 degs at 7 KTS, a headwind for the landing acft. The plt reported no mechanical control difficulty during final apch. The plt reported descending without control until impacting the terrain short of the rwy. There were no reports of turbulence or conditions conducive to turbulence in the area of the strip. The plt stated that he could have avoided the accident by maintaining a higher apch speed and possibly more alt during the apch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6578S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 67378
- Airframe hours
- 3,862
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John D. Dorflinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1986 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- Harrisonville, MO
- Destination
- Peculiar, MO
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OJC, 15 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.