Plane Crash List

Cessna 150M N66387

6 April 1985 · Beulah, North Dakota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 April 1985 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N66387 was involved in an accident near Beulah, North Dakota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Beulah, North Dakota, United States
Nearest airport
Beulah (95D)
Coordinates
47.2606, -101.7698
Aircraft
Cessna 150M
Registration
N66387
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Killdeer → Beulah
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN85LA115

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AND GUSTY WINDS ON LANDING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28. HE SAID HIS SPEED WAS FAST TO COMPENSATE FOR THESE CONDITIONS BUT THAT HE DID NOT USE A CROSSWIND LANDING TECHNIQUE BECAUSE THE WINDS HAD CALMED DOWN. THE PILOT SAID THAT AS HE FLARED THE AIRPLANE FOR LANDING, A GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT RAISED THE RIGHT WING. THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A SOFT STUBBLE FIELD AND OVERTURNED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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